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Open-source projects get free checkup by automated tools
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2005-06-28

More open-source software projects are gaining the benefits of the latest code-checking software, as the programs' makers look to prove their worth.

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Open-source projects get free checkup by automated tools 2005-06-29
Don Parker (2 replies)
Re: Open-source projects get free checkup by automated tools 2005-07-04
Anonymous (2 replies)
Re: Re: Open-source projects get free checkup by automated tools 2005-07-21
Anonymous
not everything that coverity finds is an actual bug. Coverity finds /potential/ bugs, in some cases wether or not it is an actual bug depends on context.. There are some false positives, stuff that looks like a bug but really is not.

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