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Contributing Software to QCPE
All of the software which QCPE announces and distributes has been contributed. The few exceptions to this fact are those systems which QCPE distributes under special arrangement with the author. From QCPE's beginnings it has worked primarily with source code and with software which had been contributed by some researcher. QCPE maintains a continuing interest in new software. We are interested in software which may even appear to be similar to software which we already hold. There are many reasons for this interest but primarily we have discovered that different packages will have different and often unique functionalities which will be useful. Before QCPE announces the availability of any new software we carry out a standard test process which is intended to guarantee that the package will yield the same results on one of our computers that the author obtained on his computer. Consequently to add a new program to our holdings we need the following items:
1. A source copy of the program Given these items we can test and announce a new program fairly quichly. We encourage people to bring their software efforts to everyone's attention by announcement in our quarterly QCPE Bulletin. If you have any questions about this process please contact us at the following e-mail address: Richard W. Counts QCPE |