Re: [XBoard-devel] XBoard developer news

[Tim Mann]

I heard back from Alessandro this time, and he's going to work on the
paperwork.  He'll either donate his code to the FSF or make it public
domain.

On Sat, 18 Jun 2005 10:05:02 -0700, Tim Mann <address@hidden> wrote:
> Alessandro sent me mail about his work back in March, and I replied
> inviting him to join the Savannah project and the mailing lists, and
> asking him to do the FSF paperwork.  He never replied to my mail.  I'll
> try mailing him again.
> 
> On Sat, 18 Jun 2005 11:10:54 +0200, "Daniel Mehrmann" <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Hi Tim !
> > 
> > Well, great news. A lot of people asked about new versions of Winboard. 
> > So i added an service for this users on my own webpage
> > http://www.homer-chess.com
> > There can you download the latest cvs version of Winboard. I'll try to make
> > a snapshot every month.
> > 
> > I allso wanna ask you what about the FSF paper stuff and Alessandro Scotti ?
> > I want to add some of his extensions (see
> > http://volker-pittlik.name/wbforum/viewtopic.php?p=13268#13268)
> > 
> > Greetings
> > Daniel
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: address@hidden
> > [mailto:address@hidden Im Auftrag von
> > Tim Mann
> > Gesendet: Samstag, 18. Juni 2005 06:19
> > An: address@hidden
> > Cc: address@hidden
> > Betreff: [XBoard-devel] XBoard developer news
> > 
> > 
> > Hi, folks.  A little good news for you.
> > 
> > * Wilkin Ng has completed the process to file paperwork with FSF disclaiming
> > copyright on his changes to XBoard/WinBoard.  This makes his contribution
> > public domain and means that we can use it in the official release without
> > any worries.  (We usually ask people to assign copyright in their
> > contributions to the FSF, but Wilkin preferred to make his public domain
> > instead.)
> > 
> > Daniel had already merged Wilkin's changes into his development version, so
> > it would have been a problem if we hadn't been able to get Wilkin to take
> > care of the paperwork to formally grant permission.
> > 
> > * Stellios Keskinidis <address@hidden> has joined our Savannah
> > project (as well as this mailing list), and has started the process to
> > assign copyright in his changes to the FSF.
> > 
> > See http://members.optushome.com.au/stelliosk/xboard/ for info on what
> > Stellios has done.
> > 
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> > 
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