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Speaking at OSCON 2010, Google Android open-source and compatibility program manager Dan Morrill announced that in the future third party contributions to the the Android code base would appear within the publicly-available Android source tree. Currently contributions go into Google's private Android source tree to be incorporated (or not) at Google's discretion. However Google will continue to be keep new versions of Android entirely private until release, citing concerns that handset manufacturers might otherwise release poorly tested new code to appear more 'advanced' than competitors.