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[Savannah-hackers] Re: templates : comments on templates.
From: |
Mathieu Roy |
Subject: |
[Savannah-hackers] Re: templates : comments on templates. |
Date: |
Wed, 24 Jul 2002 08:39:14 +0200 |
Currently, on the official savannah site, we are only permitting
programs
that are officially GNU software. (We are beginning to add
functionality
this so that any GPL-compatible software can be hosted, but that is
not
completely done yet.)
This is false.
We can certainly evaluate your software to see if it can officially
become
GNU software.
That's why you receive a mail. This mail was send by savannah-hackers.
Not directly by software authors.
To make your program into official GNU software
(http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/categories.html#GNUsoftware), you will
first need to agree to follow GNU policies. This is somewhat
formalized,
because each maintainer of an official GNU package agrees to stand
with the
GNU project on important matters of software freedom.
Normally, they should have already seen this message.
If you are agreeable to these policies, the next step is for the
program
to be evaluated for inclusion in GNU. To do this, I need the
following
things in a self-contained email:
* A short (paragraph or so) description of the program.
* A URL where the source code can be downloaded.
The mail sent by savannah-hackers is automated and normally include
this.
It's really confusing for me to read such mails, I guess that it should
be just the same for users.
:(
--
Mathieu Roy
http://savannah.gnu.org/users/yeupou
http://yeupou.coleumes.org
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