18 Hosting

We recommend using savannah.gnu.org for the source code repository for your package, but that’s not required. See Old Versions, for more information about Savannah.

We strongly urge you to use ftp.gnu.org as the standard distribution site for releases. Doing so makes it easier for developers and users to find the latest GNU releases. However, it is ok to use another server if you wish, provided it allows access from the general public without limitation (for instance, without excluding any country).

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of the GNU Project, not products of <company name>.  We call them
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