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Re: how to submit binary file for inclusion?

From: James E Wilson <wilson at specifixinc dot com>
To: Jan Beulich <JBeulich at novell dot com>
Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 14:18:30 -0700
Subject: Re: how to submit binary file for inclusion?
References: <s113988a.057@emea1-mh.id2.novell.com>

Jan Beulich wrote:

I find that I have a need for submitting (in what would normally be a
patch) a binary file (since there's no open source or sufficiently
wide-spread tool available to generate it). Since including this in a
patch doesn't work, how would I go about doing this?

Just submit it as a separate attachment. However, it is unlikely to be accepted without a very good explanation.

Also, keep in mind that one of the clauses of the GPL defines source code as the preferred form of the work for making modifications. So if you are contributing a file that was produced by a utility, then we also need the input file for that utility. Even if we don't have a copy of that utility program. -- Jim Wilson, GNU Tools Support, http://www.SpecifixInc.com

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