[Savannah-hackers] Re: submission of libHID - savannah.nongnu.org

[Arnaud Quette]

Mathieu Roy wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm evaluating the project you submitted for approval in Savannah.
>
>  
Hi Mathieu,

Thanks for your attention,

> address@hidden said:
>
> > package was submitted to savannah.nongnu.org
> > This mail was sent to address@hidden, address@hidden
> >
> > Arnaud Quette <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
> > License: gpl
> > Other License: 
> > Package: libHID
> > System name: libhid
> > Type: non-GNU
> >
> > Description:
> > libHID - a portable HID API
> >
> > libHID aims to provide a layer of abstraction for accessing HID-class [1] 
> > devices over USB or serial lines (similar to what libusb [2] provides for the 
> > base USB protocol).
> >
> > libHID will initially provide a "Generic HID Access", using the MGE HID parser 
> > [3], for all platforms supported by libusb, that is to say:
> >
> >    * Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Darwin and MacOS X
> >    
>
> "Linux" is just a kernel of a more complex system
> that we like to refer to as GNU/Linux, to emphasize
> the ideals of the Free Software movement.
>
>
> Would you mind changing references to Linux as an OS
> to GNU/Linux?
>
> For more information, see http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html
ok about all of that.

> > libHID will also provide "Native HID Access" for:
> >
> >    * Linux using kernel 2.4.22/2.6 and above with the new hiddev driver,
> >
> >    * Mac OS X using the HID Manager.
> >
> > Later versions will maybe provide "Native HID Access" for:
> >
> >    * Linux kernel v2.4 with the old hiddev driver,
> >
> >    * Win32 (Windows 98 SE and later).
> >
> > The project is not currently functional, but the various needed layers are already 
> > written (currently embedded in NUT patch ; patches soon available). The "code" 
> > available from the homepage [4] is more a set of ideas for the API, and doesn't reflect 
> > the final code...
> >
> > For more information, please have a look at libHID's current homepage [4].
> >
> > [1] http://www.usb.org/developers/hidpage
> >
> > [2] http://libusb.sourceforge.net
> >    
>
> (info for the GPL appliable to LGPL) 
>
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> Put it in a file named COPYING.
>
> Please follow the advice of http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html.
>
> The GPL FAQ explain the reason behind these recommendations.  For
> example, there is an entry explaining why the GPL requires including a
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>
>
>
> Please register your project once more with the changes mentioned
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>  
What I should have also told is that I'm already familiar
with GPL projects (as author or member of several...)...
Once again, the current state of the CVS tree and files
content does only reflect the main coding ideas I've
in mind.

There are hosts of things left to be done for libHID to
be released to the public, and as always, I'll do it in
the GNU spirit. Please refer to my other projects
to see some practical results.

I've added COPYING to the current libHID CVS,
but the GPL headers are already present in all
"real" files (ie not those that are empty). The
only thing is that  doxygen rip those headers
before exposing those on the website...

Lastly, all of this is now updated on the current
libHID webpage, and I've re registered the
project.

Thanks again for your help,
Best regards,

Arnaud

PS to Mathieu: bien le bonjour de Grenoble ;-)
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