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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://floss.social/users/vagrantc/statuses/111172251858631588">Vagrant Cascadian (vagrantc@floss.social)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Oct-2023 07:13:00 JST</a><a href="https://floss.social/@vagrantc" title="vagrantc@floss.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/10984-48-20220922031900.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Vagrant Cascadian" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Vagrant Cascadian</a><div><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/notice/4190715" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a><ul><li><li><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/user/8774" title="loke@functional.cafe">Elias Mårtenson</a></li><li><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/user/114964" title="janneke@todon.nl">Janneke</a></li><li><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/user/130031" title="amszmidt@mastodon.social">Alfred M. Szmidt</a></li></ul></div></section><article><p><a href="https://todon.nl/@janneke">@janneke</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@amszmidt">@amszmidt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@ekaitz_zarraga">@ekaitz_zarraga</a> <a href="https://functional.cafe/@loke">@loke</a> </p><p>How do you verify that software is free software? </p><p>Incomplete source code that compiles and runs, but behaves differently in subtle ways depending on any number of non-deterministic factors... how does someone verify that? Or complete source code with compomised toolchain?</p><p>The promises of Free Software are a little empty if you cannot verify the results.</p><p>Weather it should be part of a Free Software definition, I don't know... that gets complicated!</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/2086958#notice-4190716">In conversation</a><time datetime="2023-10-04T07:13:00+09:00" title="Wednesday, 04-Oct-2023 07:13:00 JST">about a year ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://floss.social/@vagrantc/111172251858631588" rel="external" title="Sent from floss.social via ActivityPub">floss.social</a></span></span><a href="https://floss.social/@vagrantc/111172251858631588">permalink</a></footer></blockquote>

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Vagrant Cascadian (vagrantc@floss.social)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Oct-2023 07:13:00 JSTVagrant Cascadian
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How do you verify that software is free software?
Incomplete source code that compiles and runs, but behaves differently in subtle ways depending on any number of non-deterministic factors... how does someone verify that? Or complete source code with compomised toolchain?
The promises of Free Software are a little empty if you cannot verify the results.
Weather it should be part of a Free Software definition, I don't know... that gets complicated!
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