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Originally Posted by haroldgh
I would certainly prefer if the author released his source, but seriously now, the guy is doing this for free, and nothing kills that "helping out the community" buzz like constant complaints.
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It's not necessarily the open source, it's the combination of "closed, anonymous source, public forum".
So, on one extreme you have closed source, super trusted. Like Adobe, Apple, etc. On the other extreme you have some random developer, but open source (so you can see what's going on).
In the middle, you might have anonymous author, closed source, but filtered through some reputable distribution site. Like MacUpdate, CNET, etc. So you have a lot of people's eyes on it and it's immediately removed if anyone finds something suspicious.
Then you got the absolute most risky possible software. Which is closed source, anonymous author, random forum.
Since we have users of many different levels of experience and naiveté on the forums, a warning post is probably warranted. (imho)