[Savannah-hackers] Re: submission of Free Linux Training Material - savannah.nongnu.org

[Mathieu Roy]

Hi,

I'm evaluating the project you submitted for approval in Savannah.



address@hidden said:

> A package was submitted to savannah.nongnu.org
> This mail was sent to address@hidden, address@hidden
> 
> Adrian Thomasset <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
> License: fdl
> Other License: 
> Package: Free Linux Training Material
> System name: open-manuals
> Type: non-GNU
> 
> Description:
> We intend developing open manuals suitable for the Linux LPIC1 exams. So far 
> 101 and 102 manuals have been released by LinuxIT under the GFDL 
> (http://www.linuxpr.com/releases/6279.html)

Are these manuals about, and only about, the kernel Linux? If not, the
name you picked is confusing.

"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


Please register your project again including a URL
(could be temporary) where we can find the source code.
The description you give during project registration will be
read by Savannah administrators and not by the general public;
if you are concerned with privacy, you can
send me a copy of the code by e-mail,

We would like to look at your source code, even if it is still
not functional, to help you fix potential legal issues which
would be harder to correct after the project gets approved.
For example, to release your program properly under the GPL,
you should write copyright notices and copying permission statements
at the beginning of every source code file,
as explained in http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html.



> Each manual will be available in PDF format (about 500 KB). The
> courses are written using OpenOffice 1.1 - so the editable document
> will also be available on this site (-3MB) - if there is a problemn
> with space we could make the last version available and any earlier
> versions on request?

Unless you do not use more than 200 MB, it should be ok.


> The project will continue to distribute the manuals under the GFDL
> although we would need some advice as to which license is the most
> GPL complient.

It's not clear to me whether the GPL and the GFDL are compliant,
because the two licenses are not exactly designed for the same
purpose.
A safe solution would be GPL/GFDL dual licensing, however since the
GPL is less restrictive than the GFDL, it's almost like licensing it
directly in GPL. If the GPL seems totally ok for you, maybe you can
pick only the GPL.

You can ask for an advice to address@hidden, however they,
sometimes, take a while to provide an answer (very busy staff).

Please register your project once more with the changes mentioned
above.  The way we handle pending projects makes it difficult to keep
track of projects that have been answered but have not been approved
yet, so we erase them and we ask you to register the project again every
time some change has to be done to the registration, and users might
have to register their projects several times.  Thank you for your
understanding.

Some users find it useful to use the big re-registration URL provided in
the acknowledgment e-mail you received after registration.

Regards,



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Mathieu Roy
 
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