It’s official: Ferrocene is ISO 26262 and IEC 61508 qualified!
You can even find the certificate in TÜV SÜDs certificate
database.
This means we achieved qualification for the open source Ferrocene toolchain.
Ferrocene 23.06.0, based on Rust 1...
I must say I am a bit confused. They are open source, and some previous blog post said they are certifying upstream. Yet, they sell quality managed licenses. So, what are these licenses and why are they needed?
Ok, after reading some comments on other places, I think I get it now. While you are free to use their open sourced tool chain, which is what they have certified, you still doesn’t fulfilling the legal requirements unless you buy the certified tool chain. Just because it is open source, doesn’t legally guarantee that is what’s certified.
So, you pay to get the legal status of the certification. Did I understand this somewhat correct?
I must say I am a bit confused. They are open source, and some previous blog post said they are certifying upstream. Yet, they sell quality managed licenses. So, what are these licenses and why are they needed?
Ok, after reading some comments on other places, I think I get it now. While you are free to use their open sourced tool chain, which is what they have certified, you still doesn’t fulfilling the legal requirements unless you buy the certified tool chain. Just because it is open source, doesn’t legally guarantee that is what’s certified.
So, you pay to get the legal status of the certification. Did I understand this somewhat correct?