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Dave Malcolm <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
License: other
Other License: Combination of GPL and LGPL 

(i) I hope to get some of the code refactored into the core GNOME platform,, 
hence this needs to be LPGL
(ii) I want to allow linkage to non-free libraries for certain plugins, whilst 
providing a high-quality app if those libraries are not available; I believe 
the plugin API needs to be LGPL for this reason
(iii) everything else can be GPL
Package: Conglomerate
System name: conglomerate
Type: non-GNU

Description:
Conglomerate is a user-friendly XML editor, aiming at the \"great mass\" of 
Microsoft Word users, to try to get them to convert to opn formats like 
DocBook.  Wherever possible, the complexity of XML is hidden from the end-user.

The project is currently hosted at http://www.conglomerate.org

To get at the latest code, use CVS:
export CVS_RSH=ssh
cvs -z3 -d:ext:address@hidden:/cvs checkout conge

The code is currently licensed under the GPL, but I would like to relicense 
large portions under the LPGL.

Other Software Required:
The program is built on top of the GNOME 2 platform.  

In addition, I want to allow plugins to connect to other libraries/APIs, for 
instance, potentially the OpenOffice.org runtime, the pdflib library for 
outputting PDF files etc.  I may want to support plugins that access non-free 
libraries at some point in the future.

However the core functionality will be built solely on LGPL and other free 
libraries.

Other Comments:
We already have a website, CVS, bug tracking, and mailing lists. However, the 
website maintainer doesn\'t have enought time to keep up with the project at 
the moment, and can\'t transfer the work (due to security concerns on the 
server).

So my application is primarily to have a backup plan for the website in case 
the website maintainer disappears out of contact altogether.