Re: [Savannah-hackers] submission of DORA - Doug\'s Open Reporting Application - savannah.nongnu.org

[Doug Gorley]

On Thu, 2003-02-20 at 01:14, Rudy Gevaert wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm evaluating the project you submitted for approval in Savannah.
> 
> On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 01:12:52AM -0500, address@hidden wrote:
> > 
> > A package was submitted to savannah.nongnu.org
> > This mail was sent to address@hidden, address@hidden
> > 
> > 
> > Doug Gorley <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
> > License: gpl
> > Other License: 
> > Package: DORA - Doug\'s Open Reporting Application
> > System name: dora
> > Type: non-GNU
> > 
> > Description:
> > DORA (Doug\'s Open Reporting Application) will be an open-source 
> > application (still choosing a license, but definitely OSI approved, and 
> > probably GPL) tool for providing simple web reports from an RDBMS.  The 
> > desire for a simple tool for accomplishing this arose from the tedious 
> > process needed to create a Crystal Report and display it on the web.  DORA 
> > will improve on this by:
> 
> Note that 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 it's founders means 
> Free Software, it's frequently misunderstood.
> For more information, read
> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html
> 

Thanks, very good read.

> Please resubmit when you have made up your mind about what license you
> will use.
> 

I've resubmitted my project as being clearly licensed under the GNU GPL
v2.

> Some users find it useful to use the big re-registration URL provided in
> the acknowledgment e-mail you received after registration.
> 
> Regards,

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