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www/help evaluation.html
From: |
Karl Berry |
Subject: |
www/help evaluation.html |
Date: |
Sun, 09 May 2010 18:21:04 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Karl Berry <karl> 10/05/09 18:21:04
Modified files:
help : evaluation.html
Log message:
more specifics+fixes in questionnaire; no more eval volunteers needed
now
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/help/evaluation.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.20&r2=1.21
Patches:
Index: evaluation.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/help/evaluation.html,v
retrieving revision 1.20
retrieving revision 1.21
diff -u -b -r1.20 -r1.21
--- evaluation.html 3 May 2010 13:34:37 -0000 1.20
+++ evaluation.html 9 May 2010 18:20:57 -0000 1.21
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@
<a href="/prep/maintain/html_node/Stepping-Down.html">inform
us</a>.</p>
+
<h3 id="questionnaire">Questionnaire for offering software to GNU</h3>
<pre>
@@ -165,7 +166,7 @@
If your program is accepted to be part of the GNU system, it means
that you become a GNU maintainer, which in turn means that you will
need to follow GNU policies in regards to that GNU program.
- (Summarized below, see maintainers document for full descriptions.)
+ (Summarized above, see maintainers document for full descriptions.)
** Package name and version:
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@
** URL to source tarball:
Please make a release tarball for purposes of evaluation, whether
- or not you don'want to publicly release it. If you don't have
+ or not you publicly release it. If you don't have
anywhere to upload it, send it as an attachment.
** Brief description of the package:
@@ -188,8 +189,8 @@
** Configuration, building, installation:
It might or might not use Autoconf/Automake, but it must meet GNU
standards. Even packages that do not require compilation
- should follow these standards, so installers have a uniform way to
- set installation directories, etc. Please see:
+ must follow these standards, so installers have a uniform way to
+ define target directories, etc. Please see:
http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Configuration.html
http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Makefile-Conventions.html
@@ -203,7 +204,10 @@
* Licensing:
This is crucial. Both the software itself *and all dependencies*
(third-party libraries, etc.) must be free software in order to be
- included in GNU. Documentation should be under the GFDL.
+ included in GNU. In general, GNU software should be released
+ under the GNU GPL version 3 or any later version, and
+ GNU documentation should be released under the
+ GNU FDL version 1.3 or any later version.
Please see http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html for a
practical guide to which licenses are free (for GNU's purposes) and
@@ -226,6 +230,7 @@
when it is done.</p>
+<!-- too many volunteers is counterproductive for this task
<h3 id="eval">Helping evaluate software for GNU</h3>
<p>From time to time (but not at the moment), we can use additional
@@ -255,7 +260,7 @@
<a href="mailto:address@hidden"><address@hidden></a>,
which will reach the coordinators of the group of volunteers that does
evaluations.</p>
-
+-->
<h3>Other ways to help the GNU Project</h3>
@@ -301,7 +306,7 @@
<p>
Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2010/05/03 13:34:37 $
+$Date: 2010/05/09 18:20:57 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
</div>