This is part of article from Malay Mail;
Source codes, Dzirhan said, are software codes which modify the systems of the aircraft to work with non-standard systems.
"Most aircraft manufacturers and countries do not give out the source codes, but they might be willing in certain cases to modify them to enable the aircraft to accept non-standard systems.
"It simply means we can re-programme or modify the system, which in most cases, are kept standard, including the Russian ones.
"In any event, even if we did have the codes, do we have the expertise to do anything with it?"
Dzirhan pointed out an example that since it was the Russians who conducted integration work on the RMAF Sukhoi Su-30MKM multi-role combat aircraft, this seemed to suggest that we did not get the software codes for the planes or even if we did, we don't have the expertise to do anything with it.
"As a general rule, the United States do not release its source codes to export customers and this is a known fact.
"Obviously, if we did not know this until the last minute, then somebody is not doing their homework before the purchase of the Hornets.
"Even so, why did we not back out of the deal if there were such an issue? In any event, the US does provide 'object codes' which allows the buyer to do limited re-programming on their systems to counter new or unexpected threats."
(Marhalim Abbas, The Malay Mail 01/04/2010)
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