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Re: [Savannah-hackers] submission of cling Free Documentation Repository
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Jaime E. Villate |
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Re: [Savannah-hackers] submission of cling Free Documentation Repository - savannah.nongnu.org |
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Tue, 6 May 2003 08:27:31 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.2.5i |
On Mon, May 05, 2003 at 10:20:13AM -0400, address@hidden wrote:
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> Veronica Loell <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
> License: gpl
> Other License:
> Package: cling Free Documentation Repository
> System name: clingdoc
> Type: non-GNU
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> Description:
> Providing a repository of documentation and teaching materials for software
> released under GPL-licence...
> ...We cover Emacs and Pine and shell file-handling. We are planning on
> extending our course material with introductions to various areas that are
> relevant to computational linguists in training. Hosting it here is an
> excellent excuse to only provide information about only GPL\'ed tools.
Pine is not under the GPL. It is not even Free Software anymore! I suggest
that you teach your students to use Mutt, rather than Pine. Not even is Mutt
really free but much more efficient, user friendlier and packed with more
features than Pine.
Regards,
Jaime
University of Porto, Portugal