RE: [Savannah-hackers] submission of MANaOS Internet Browser - savannah.gnu.org

[Edjard.Mota]

Michael, 
      Thank you, and I will register my project again after with the changes 
mentioned.

Regards,

Edjard.

-----Original Message-----
From:   ext Michael J. Flickinger [mailto:address@hidden
Sent:   Wed 8/25/2004 1:03 PM
To:     Mota Edjard (EXT-Nokia-CMO/Manaus)
Cc:     address@hidden
Subject:        Re: [Savannah-hackers] submission of MANaOS Internet Browser - 
savannah.gnu.org
Hi,

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

On Wednesday 25 August 2004 02:21 pm, address@hidden wrote:
> A package was submitted to savannah.gnu.org
> This mail was sent to address@hidden, address@hidden
>
>
> Edjard Mota <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
> License: gpl
> Other License:
> Package: MANaOS Internet Browser
> System name: browser
> Type: GNU
>
> Description:
> MANaOS Internet Browser, is a simple browser interface flexible, easy to
> use to navigate, to customize on a template-based approach, light and
> faster just like a fish.
>
> MANaOS is under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).
>
> The MANaOS Internet Browser is being developed and improved by The 10LE
> Team - INdT.
>
> The source code of the project can be found in:
>
> http://www.manaos.org/source/manaos-0.1.tar.bz2
> http://www.manaos.org/source/manaos-0.1.tar.gz
>
> Other Software Required:
> Linux kernel - 2.2.14 with the following libraries or packages minimums:
> * glibc 2.2.4
> * gtk+-2.0
> * XFree86-3.3.6
> * pkg-config
> * gdk-2.0
> * Mozilla 1.6 or greater
>
> Other Comments:
>
>
>
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Your software requires the Mozilla web browser as a dependency.
Mozilla is released under two licenses, the Netscape Public License and the 
Mozilla Public License, both of which are incompatible with the GPL.

Due to this incompatibility, you are unable to legally use Mozilla in your 
project, thus your project can not be hosted on Savannah as is.

For more information please consult: 
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#NPL


Also, "Linux" is just a kernel of a more complex system
that we like to refer to as GNU/Linux, to emphasize
the ideals of the Free Software movement.

Would you mind changing references to Linux as an OS
to GNU/Linux?

For more information, see
http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html


Also, note that Savannah supports projects of the Free Software
movement, not projects of the Open Source movement.

We are careful about ethical issues and insist on producing software
that is not dependent on proprietary software.

While Open Source as defined by its founders means something pretty
close to Free Software, it's frequently misunderstood.  For more
information, read
http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html


Additionally, please remove GIF image files from your project and
replace them with an other format (such as PNG or JPEG).

Because of the patents (Unisys and IBM) covering the LZW
compression algorithm which are used when making GIF files,
it's impossible to have free software to generate proper
GIFs.  They also apply to the compress program.

For more information read http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/gif.html


Please register your project once more with the changes
mentioned above.

We cannot track projects that have been answered but not approved, so
we must ask you to register the project whenever you change the
registration. Make sure to apply all changes so you need to reregister
only once.

The re-registration URL found in our acknowledgement of your earlier
registration will direct you to the proper location.

Regards,


-- 
Michael J. Flickinger