Re: [Savannah-hackers] submission of Open Hack' Ware - savannah.nongnu.org

[Sylvain Beucler]

Hi,

> I agree with the spirit of GNU project, but I'd like, if possible, to
> keep this name. My goal was to have a name that sounds like
> OpenFirmware, because the project expects to have a remplacement
> firmware for OpenFirmware.
> I can add a notice to the project's page to clearly inform people that
> this project is free software.
> I know that freedom is much more important than esthetic, but, if
> possible, I'd like to keep the name.

I am afraid this goes against our policies. I understand the argument,
but wouldn't something like 'FreeFirmware' be close to 'OpenFirmware'
anyway?


> I think I fixed those issues.
> I put a new minor release with copyright statements fixed, following GNU
> instructions.
> You can find it here:
> http://perso.magic.fr/l_indien/OpenHackWare/0.3/OpenHackWare_0.3.1.tar.bz2
> Please tell me if I still got something wrong.

It is ok :)


Waiting for your reply,

-- 
Sylvain