Re: [Savannah-hackers] submission of Lotus Notes Mail Export - savannah.nongnu.org

[Michael J. Flickinger]

Hi,

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

On Thursday 12 August 2004 12:24 pm, address@hidden wrote:
> A package was submitted to savannah.nongnu.org
> This mail was sent to address@hidden, address@hidden
>
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> M M <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
> License: perl
> Other License:
> Package: Lotus Notes Mail Export
> System name: lonome
> Type: non-GNU
>
> Description:
> Perl script which extracts email from a Lotus Notes email to an open mail
> box format such as mbox or maildir.  The script will attempt to translate
> Notes style email addresses to RFC822 compatible email addresses.
>
>
>
> Other Software Required:
> This program runs only on Win32. The perl modules it uses are: Win32::OLE;
> Mail::Box::Manager; Email::Valid; Email::Address;
>
> Other Comments:
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Even though your project is Free Software it can not be hosted
here.  We only host projects that can run on a free operating
system (such as Debian GNU/Linux).

We have adopted this policy because now that completely free operating
systems exist, we do not want to encourage users of those systems to
start using proprietary operating systems so that they can use your
program.

If you are willing to maintain a version for free operating systems,
which work as well as or better than other ports, you can
then provide versions for nonfree systems as well.  The idea is that at
no point should only-free users be at a disadvantage compared to users of
proprietary software.

Your project should always work equally well in free systems as in any
other version you provide; if you have some modules for nonfree
systems, you can delay their release until you have released the free
operating system version.

If you accept this commitment then please register your project again
and it should be approved in Savannah.

Thank you for your understanding.

Regards,

-- 
Michael J. Flickinger