www/help evaluation.html

[Karl Berry]

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";>&lt;address@hidden&gt;</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>