# Distributing Binary (closed source) Libraries

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**Category:** Package Manager\
**Created:** [April 26, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/distributing-binary-closed-source-libraries/23737 "2019-04-26T16:12:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jon\_Shier](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/swift/user_avatar/forums.swift.org/jon_shier/32/921_2.png) [@Jon\_Shier](https://forums.swift.org/u/Jon_Shier)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2019, 9:31pm UTC](https://forums.swift.org/t/distributing-binary-closed-source-libraries/23737/17 "2019-04-26T21:31:57Z")

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Few people inspect the source code of every dependency they use; people just don't have that kind of time or expertise. The community will have these needs met whether SPM does it or not, so if there's interest in support such a feature at all, getting started now and adding security over time seems better than delaying the feature and forcing everyone to use different tools that don't offer such security anyway.

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