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From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
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Subject: Re: Contributing patches to GPL Ada projects (was: Is Ada dead?)
Date: 11 Jul 2001 09:46:28 +0200
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dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar) writes:

> As for the comment that the lack of binaries made by ACT will inhibit
> such contributions, I doubt it.

Indeed, the FSF distributes most software only in source code, and not
as precompiled binaries (unless you order their deluxe distribution or
something like that).  In the past, this hasn't been a problem, and
people have contributed patches anyway.