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Re: Software Safety Impact in Qemu
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Alex Bennée |
Subject: |
Re: Software Safety Impact in Qemu |
Date: |
Thu, 07 Jul 2022 14:43:53 +0100 |
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Jakob Bohm <jb-gnumlists@wisemo.com> writes:
> Please note that it is entirely possible for an exact version of a GPL
> program to be certified (by a 3rd party standards testing organization)
> to meet any specific standard. This does not constitute a warranty from
> the volunteer programmers, merely a valuable feature. One such example
> that was historically promoted by the FSF is POSIX certification of GNU
> systems.
That's fair enough, but the upstream project has no interest in doing
that. I don't know if any of the downstream re-distributors do. If the
OP is getting their build of QEMU from a 3rd party they should talk to
them.
--
Alex Bennée