[PLUG] OSS Contribution Examples Needed

[Russell Senior]

>>>>> "Cooper" == Cooper Stevenson <cstevens at gencom.us> writes:

Cooper> All, A government agency is considering the release of
Cooper> taxpayer funded source code under the GPL.

Cooper> They wish to see examples of agencies that have released
Cooper> source code in the past so that they may consider the best
Cooper> alternatives for doing so.

Cooper> Can anyone cite specific agencies or individuals who are
Cooper> willing to share their experience releasing source code to OSS
Cooper> or web sites dedicated to such?

GNU Ada (GNAT, <http://www.gnat.com>).  If I remember the story
correctly, the gov't (DoD or DARPA or someone) funded a company to
build the Ada extention to GCC.

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