Re: [Savannah-hackers] submission of OpenIRC - savannah.gnu.org

[Sylvain Beucler]

Hi,

I am waiting for an answer from you.

If within one week I still do not get a reply, I will remove your
project. You will still be able to register it again once you have the
time to deal with the registration issues.

Regards,

-- 
Sylvain

On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 10:22:17PM +0100, Sylvain Beucler wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm evaluating the project you submitted for approval in Savannah.
> 
> > Carl Goyette <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
> > License: gpl
> > Package: OpenIRC
> > System name: openirc
> > Type: GNU
> > 
> > Description:
> > OpenIRC, OpenSource IRC Client For GTK2 With Emoticon, sound file
> > [WAV,MP3,OGG,...], Support Picture BMP,JPG,PNG,TIFF,GIF, ...] and
> > support mirc script, and more
> > 
> > Library Required : GTK2, FFMPEG
> > Optional Library : OpenSSL
> > 
> > 
> > Other Software Required:
> > http://www.openssl.org
> > http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net
> > http://www.gtk.org
> 
> Savannah's mission is to host free software projects, and we want the
> public to think of them as free software projects.  A project name that
> says "open" will tend to lead people to think of the project as "open
> source" instead of "free software".
> 
> Savannah supports projects of the Free Software movement, not projects
> of the Open Source movement.
> 
> We are careful about ethical issues and insist on producing software
> that is not dependent on proprietary software.
> 
> While Open Source as defined by its founders means
> something pretty close to Free Software, it's frequently
> misunderstood.  For more information, please see
> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html.
> 
> We would be glad if you accept to use "free" instead of "open" in your
> project name.
> 
> 
> Also, please reply and include a (perhaps temporary) URL pointing to
> the 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 to me by email
> (address@hidden).
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> If you are willing to make the changes mentioned above, please provide
> us with an URL to an updated tarball of your project.  Upon review, we
> will reconsider your project for inclusion in Savannah.
> 
> Regards,