Re: [Savannah-hackers] submission of guile-libxml2 - savannah.nongnu.org

[Rudy Gevaert]

On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 09:09:22PM +0100, Nic wrote:
> > > Description: 
> > > guile-libxml2 binds the libxml2 C library to guile. 
> > >  
> > > The libxsl library is also bound. 
> >  
> > Please resubmit your project with a detailed technical 
> > description that specifies such requirements as programming languages 
> > and external libraries.  It should not exceed one-half a page. 
> >  
> > Please register your project again and include an (temporary) URL 
> > pointing to the source code.  The description you gave when 
> > registering will not be read by the general public. If you are still 
> > concerned with privacy, however, you can forward the code to me by 
> > email. 
> 
> There should be enough info in the submission to allow you to pass
> this through. 

After rereading it, you could say that.

> As a GNU admin you should know that Guile is GNU's official extension
> implementation of Scheme and that libxml2 is Gnome's official XML
> library.

I do not think it is a obligatory to know all the GNU projects.

>   
> > We wish to review your source code, even if it is not functional, to 
> > catch potential legal issues early.   
> >  
> > For example, to release your program properly under the GPL you must 
> > include a copyright notice and statement permitting copying at the 
> > beginning of every file of source code.  This is explained in 
> > http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html.  Our review would help 
> > catch potential omissions such as these. 
> 
> Do you need to review the code for freedom issues when the mail
> address is a gnu.org one? 

I do not look at the e-mail addresses.  I treat every submission
equally.  


> Do I *have* to submit this again?

Yes...

Don't take it personally but I have spend nearly 1 to 2 hours a day
working on submitted projects and on responding to bug and support
requests.   This next to my vacation job and knowing that I am the
only admin for the moment that is able to spend time on savannah.

Rudy

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