Re: [Savannah-hackers] submission of Oskar's Applications - savannah.nongnu.org

[Sylvain Beucler]

Hi,

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

> Oskar Liljeblad <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
> License: gpl
> Other License: 
> Package: Oskar's Applications
> System name: oskarsapps
> Type: non-GNU
> 
> Description:
> I am seeking web hosting for 20 (or so) smaller software
> projects. These projects are currently hosted on my university's web
> server at http://www.student.lu.se/~nbi98oli/. I have not been a
> student there for some years and my account will be closed on a few
> weeks.
> 
> Initially it would be great if I could keep all these software
> projects in the same Savannah project. If there is need, I can
> create separate Savannah projects for all software projects above.

Ok. We want to give each separate project a separate account, so you
will need to resubmit them. If some projects are strongly related,
feel free to submit them as one Savannah project. However, I'll give
you instructions to make the approval faster for both of us.

> The site contains the following projects:
>   atool
>   bestfit
>   ConnMon
>   dealbumwrap
>   DeDoc
>   dnotify
>   Glider
>   gqmpeg-skins-osk
>   icewm-themes-osk
>   icoutils
>   microdc
>   perl-reference
>   PostgreSQL-pats
>   regex-markup
>   renameutils
>   sockfwd
>   torrentutils
>   xmms-cueinfo
>   Nibbles for ZShell
>   Base Converter
> 
> All my projects are released under the GPL, with the following exceptions:
>   DeDoc: GPL with exception to allow linking with non-free library

DeDoc project requires proprietary software and cannot be hosted on
Savannah for this reason (unless you meant 'GPL-incompatible' instead
of 'non-free').

Savannah is willing to provide resources and time to developers
writing Free Software that can be used without the need to ask
permission from proprietary software vendor.

If, someday, you get free of those dependencies (see
http://www.gnu.org/software/java for more information), do not
hesitate to resubmit that project.


>   gqmpeg-skins-osk: no explicit license (public domain)
>   PostgreSQL-pats: no explicit license (public domain)
>   Nibbles for ZShell: public domain
>   Base Converter: public domain
> 
> Because of the license, I will not include the five projects
> mentions above until the license issues have been fixed. The project
> Glider will also not be included since it is hosted on SourceForge.

Ok. If a project is put into public domain, it should be stated
explicitely.


> Other Software Required:
> atool:
>   required: tar and/or gzip
>   optional: many different external programs

When submitting the project, please include a detailed list of
dependencies.


Some various comments.

For TI-85 packages, carefully state what is required to compile and
run it, aside from the TI-85 *hardware*. Even the TI-85 OS is a
dependency, and a non-free one. If one can use an emulator so as not
to depend of the TI-85 OS, it is useful to state it.


Also, always include a (perhaps temporary) URL pointing to the latest
source code.  The description you gave when registering will not be
read by the general public.  If you are still concerned with privacy,
however, you can forward the code by email.

We wish to review your source code, even if it is not functional, to
catch potential legal issues early.

For example, to release your program properly under the GPL you must
include a copyright notice and permission-to-copy statements at the
beginning of every file of source code.  This is explained in
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html.  Our review would help
catch potential omissions such as these.


I remove the 'oskarapps' project. You now can submit each project
separately, once you have fixed any existing problem that I mentioned.

-- 
Sylvain