It doesn’t matter if open source software is developed by the CCP, the NSA, the Jews, ISIS, MAGA, ANTIFA, or the Illuminati.
It’s open source - just audit and run it yourself.
They can send me gold bricks too, as long as they’re at it.
Naval (@naval) asserts on 2026-07-24 that the identity of open-source…
Brief
Naval posted on 2026-07-24 that the provenance of open-source software—whether created by state actors, political movements, extremist groups, or secretive organizations—is irrelevant; users can and should audit the code themselves and run it, with his aside that those actors could "send me gold bricks" underscoring his indifference to authorship.
Why it matters
Naval (@naval) asserts on 2026-07-24 that the identity of open-source authors—listing CCP, NSA, Jews, ISIS, MAGA, ANTIFA, and the Illuminati—does not matter for trust.
Key details
- He argues users should "just audit and run" open-source software themselves, implying code transparency is the ultimate safeguard against malicious actors.
- He adds a flippant line offering to accept "gold bricks" from those same actors, emphasizing indifference to authorship provenance.