Re: [Savannah-hackers] submission of GNU-Malayalam Project - savannah.nongnu.org

[Sylvain Beucler]

Hi,

Let's sum up our IRC conversations:

- the project is in the processed of being dubbed GNU, which would
solve the name issue

- you agree to use a free Java platform

- you do not have source code yet

I have approved your project as non-GNU for now. You will receive an
automated e-mail containing detailed information about the approval.

Regards,

-- 
Sylvain


On Wed, Sep 29, 2004 at 01:35:07PM +0200, Sylvain Beucler wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm evaluating the project you submitted for approval in Savannah.
> 
> > Vivek Varghese Cherian <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
> > License: gpl
> > Other License: 
> > Package: GNU-Malayalam Project
> > System name: gmp
> > Type: non-GNU
> 
> Your project is not yet part of the GNU project, so we cannot accept its
> current name.
> 
> While there are non-GNU programs with names that include 'gnu', such
> as gnuplot and gnuboy, they are not hosted on Savannah.
>  We want to
> maintain the distinction between GNU and non-GNU projects.
> 
> When your project is accepted into the GNU project you may change its
> name.  You can do this by asking us.
> 
> In this case, maybe it would be good to rephrase the project name like
> "Malayalam Translation of GNU".
> 
> 
> > Description:
> > This project is aimed at providing full malaylam support to the GNU
> > operating system(s) (GNU/Linux and GNU/Hurd). By full malayalam
> > support we mean providing malayalam support to the GNOME GUI as the
> > first step,and later moving on to other applications as and when the
> > need arises. This project also aims at providing malaylam manuals to
> > the GNU operating systems. All the work done under this project will
> > be released under the GNU GPL as a means of raising awareness among
> > the malayalam speaking community worldwide about the obectives of 
> > the Free Software Foundation through distribution and sale of the 
> > manuals we plan to transilate to malayalam.The sale of manuals will
> > also help this project sustain itself and also contribute to the
> > Free Software Foundation.
> 
> Please reply and include an (perhaps 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.
> 
> 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 permission-to-copy statements 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.
> 
> 
> > Other Software Required:
> > C,C++,Java,Perl for a start, other libraries required will be
> > included on as is needs basis.
> 
> You will have to determine whether the Java parts of your project can
> run on a Free Software Java suite (see
> http://www.gnu.org/software/java/ for more information).
> 
> We recommend you to test your project using GCJ and GNU Classpath, and
> ensure that your Java code runs on this Free Software Java suite.
> 
> GCJ is the GNU Compiler for Java, part of the GCC (GNU Compiler
> Collection).  The Classpath project aims to develop a free and portable
> implementation of the Java API (the classes in the 'java' package).
> 
> More information is available at http://gcc.gnu.org/ and
> http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/.
> 
> Do you accept this commitment?
> 
> 
> Regards,