Name of the software
GnuCOBOL
Project/product Homepage
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnucobol/
Why we should include this into the repository, i.e. what does it do that the alternatives do not?
It allows anyone to compile COBOL apps.
Is it open source?
Yes.
If it is open source, please provide a link to the most up to date, versioned source tarball/zipfile. master.zip links will not be accepted.
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnucobol/gnucobol-2.2.tar.gz
If there are no upstream releases but the inclusion policy is otherwise met, please provide a link to the source repository (i.e. GitHub)
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnucobol/
[Also see] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GnuCOBOL