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

[Mathieu Roy]

Hi,

I'm evaluating the project you submitted for approval in Savannah.


address@hidden said:

> A package was submitted to savannah.gnu.org
> This mail was sent to address@hidden, address@hidden
> 
> C.J. Collier <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
> License: gpl
> Other License: 
> Package: GnuBucks
> System name: gnubucks
> Type: GNU
> 
> Description:
> GnuBucks is an alternative currency transfer system based on SMTP.  
> Essentially, it makes transfering money-like-objects as easy as sending 
> email.  This implementation is written in Perl, taking advantage of many of 
> the modules from the CPAN.  http://www.gnubucks.com/ is the first GnuBucks 
> distribution client.  It is not as distributed as I hope the project becomes, 
> but it is a start.  Here are some notes about getting the source.  I have 
> been having permission issues with the CVS repository, so if you have any 
> problems getting the source, contact me at address@hidden, and I will let you 
> access the source.
> 
> <pre>
> If you\'re interested in taking a look at the GnuBucks source, here\'s the
> CVS repository information.  If you\'re not, please read no further.
> 
> pserver user: \'anonymous\' (no password)
> CVS_ROOT: \':pserver:address@hidden:/home/cvs\'
> CVS module name: \'gnubucks\'
> 
> If you\'re not familiar with CVS, check the code out like this:
> 
> $ cvs -d:pserver:address@hidden:/home/cvs login
> Logging in to :pserver:address@hidden:2401/home/cvs
> CVS password: (hit enter)
> $ cvs -d:pserver:address@hidden:/home/cvs co gnubucks

To release your project under the GPL, you should put
copyright notices and copying permission statements
at the beginning of every source-code file, and
include a copy of the plain text version of the GPL
(http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt).
Put it in a file named COPYING.

Please follow the advice of http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html.

The GPL FAQ explain the reason behind these recommendations.  For
example, there is an entry explaining why the GPL requires including a
copy of the GPL with every copy of the program:
 http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#WhyMustIInclude


In apache/mason_handler.pl, for instance, no copyright holder is
specified.
> Other Comments:
> I\'ve sent an email to the GNU Volunteer Co-ordinaters and was
> responded to by Toby Cabot <address@hidden>.  He was unable to access
> my source via CVS because I was having problems running my own CVS
> repository.


Since your project does not seems to be part of the
GNU project yet, we cannot accept that project name
for it.  There are some non-GNU programs
with names such as gnuplot and gnuboy, but they are
not hosted in Savannah.

In the projects we host we want to keep the distinction
 between GNU and non-GNU projects, to avoid confusion.

If your project is accepted into the GNU project, you
 can change its name later on.

If your project has been already accepted into the GNU
project, can you provide information (nothing in maintainers file,
nothing in the free software directory).

Please register your project once more with the changes mentioned
above.  The way we handle pending projects makes it difficult to keep
track of projects that have been answered but have not been approved
yet, so we erase them and we ask you to register the project again every
time some change has to be done to the registration, and users might
have to register their projects several times.  Thank you for your
understanding.

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

Regards,


-- 
Mathieu Roy
 
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