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by throwaway294566
1307 days ago
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No, the draft requires the purpose of a software to be declared. So if you declare Linux to be a terminal emulator, not an operating system, and only sell/import/distribute it as such, you only need to comply with the somewhat easier self-certification requirements for non-critical software. However, that declaration of purpose of course binds all other users/distributors of Linux, if they should dare to use or bundle it as a desktop, server or mobile operating system, they are doing so outside the original certification and need to have the required audit for critical software performed. That, as far as I read it, also means that something like GCC, which is unambiguously a compiler, isn't critical and need not be audited, only self-certified, even if used to compile a critical software component. |
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