Re: [Savannah-hackers] new project / project was submitted

[Sylvain Beucler]

Hi,

We did not get a response from you, so we deleted your project from
the pending queue.

If you would still like to have your project hosted at Savannah,
please register it again.

The re-registration URL found in our acknowledgment of your earlier
registration will direct you to the proper location where you can
re-register your project.

Regards,

-- 
Sylvain


On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 10:02:34PM +0200, Sylvain Beucler wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm evaluating the project you submitted for approval in Savannah.
> 
> 
> While you added a license notice to most of your files, some problems
> subsist.
> 
> First, the address of the FSF has changed, and is now:
> 
>   59 Temple Place, Suite 330
>   Boston, MA  02111-1307
>   USA
> 
> Please update your files.  
> An updated version of the GPL can also be found here:
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt
> 
> 
> The files should also contain a copyright notice. You headers mention
> the copyright holder, but it is better to use a standard copyright
> notice as describe at http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain_8.html
> 
> 
> Some files (I think they are data) are not clearly licensed. It
> would be good to add a copyright and license notices to them as
> well. If it is not possible due to the file format, it should be
> clearly mentioned in a file located in the same directory.
> 
> 
> We would like you to license your documentation either under the GNU
> Free Documentation License, or under a GPL-compatible license. This
> implies giving the preferred source for modifying it. As it seems to
> be generated using MS Word, you have to switch to a non-propriatery
> format, such as OpenOffice's.
> 
> 
> 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
> 
> 
> 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
> 
> 
> You mention Z88 is freeware. 'freeware' and 'free software' are
> two different concepts, as described in
> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Freeware
> 
> 
> 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
> 
> 
> Keep also in mind that OpenMotif is not free software. Lesstif,
> however, is perfectly OK.
> 
> 
> You registered both z88 and z88free. Can you tell me what is your
> system name you want?
> 
> 
> Last, you mentionned it could be an interesting program for GNU. Do
> you want your project to be evaluated to become a GNU package (if
> approved)?
> 
> 
> And that should be all.
> That was quite a long mail :)
> 
> 
> If you are willing to make the changes mentioned above, please provide
> us with an URL to an updated tarball of your project.  Upon review, we
> will reconsider your project for inclusion in Savannah.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -- 
> Sylvain
> 
> 
> > Project Admins:
> > Frank Rieg <address@hidden> ;
> > 
> > Registration Date:
> > Fri 01/23/2004 at 06:37
> > 
> > System Group Name:
> > z88free
> > 
> > Submitted Description: Z88 - a free Finite Elements Analysis program
> > for statical analysises. It features two solvers, a mesh generator,
> > import of DXF and Cosmos files, computing of displacements, stresses
> > and nodal forces and output to files, CRT and plotters. Z88 features
> > 20 different element types and should be well suited both for students
> > and mechanical and civil engineers. Z88 is completely written in C and
> > the LINUX version uses in addition X11,Xt and Xm calls, the upcoming
> > new plot program OpenGl- calls, too. Z88 presents a GUI with online
> > help along with a 200 pg pdf manual. See http://z88.uni-bayreuth.de
> > 
> > Required software:
> > OpenMotif or Lesstif Mesa
> > 
> > Other comments:
> > 
> > i have got an answer from Savannah two weeks ago but i am not quite
> > sure that i have understood it. There was told something of security
> > of the Savannah pages.
> 
> -----
> 
> On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 10:31:16AM +0200, address@hidden wrote:
> > Dear Savannah-Hackers,
> > 
> > i've got an email from Sylvain Beucler regarding pending projects.
> > 
> > Some months ago i've suggested a new LINUX project, i guess with the title 
> > "z88" or 
> > "z88free". This means a finite elements system for civil engineering, 
> > machinery 
> > engineering, aerospace and ship building. This program in completelly 
> > written in C and 
> > uses Motif and OpenGL. The version 11.0 for LINUX/UNIX is stable and 
> > OpenSource.
> > 
> > Perhaps an interesting project for GNU.
> > 
> > regards
> > 
> > Prof. Frank Rieg
> > chair for engineering design and CAD
> > University of Bayreuth, Germany
> 
> 
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-- 
Sylvain