[Savannah-hackers] Savannah Registration: xadreco

[Michael McTails]

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

The only problems I noted is that you need a file called COPYING, with an 
approved version of the GPL in it (you can include the Brazilian 
unofficial GPL license in a separate file if you wish). 

The request to require that citing the original project does break the 
GPL, since it adds additional restrictions, and thus not 
GPL-compatiable.  However,  the GPL states that you must maintain that 
original Copyright notices, so that means the project name will always be 
cited.

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.

Your project is not part of the GNU project, so we cannot accept its
current type.  We want to maintain the distinction between 'GNU' and
'non-GNU' projects.  If your project is approved for inclusion into
Savannah, we will set it's type to 'non-GNU'.

If your project is accepted into the GNU project you may change its
type.  You can do this by asking us.
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> <x-tad-smaller>A package was submitted to savannah.gnu.org
> This mail was sent to </x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>address@hidden</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>, </x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>address@hidden</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>
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> Ruben Carlo Benante <</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>address@hidden</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>> described the package as follows:
> License: gpl
> Other License: 
> Package: Xadreco, the chess engine.
> System name: xadreco
> Type: GNU
>
> Description:
> Xadreco, the chess engine.
>
> The home page, and source code can be dowloaded at:
> </x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>http://www.geocities.com/pag_sax/xadreco/</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>
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> Xadreco is a chess engine that run on your machine and play a game against you, 
> and it can be used with the front-end XBoard 
> (</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>http://www.tim-mann.org/xboard.html</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>)
>
> The project should improve the tactical/strategical play of the engine, include 
> an opening book and ending book, and what else could lead to a very strong 
> chess engine playing.
>
> Also, the engine should be used to help you analyze your games, and it should 
> understand all the XBoard/Winboard communication protocol.
>
> It is one goal of the project to use standard C language, that could compile on 
> Unix or 32-bit Windows, and so, can be used with XBoard for Unix or WinBoard 
> for Windows.
>
>
> Other Software Required:
> The source code can be compiled using gcc, with the GNU-DEV-C++ compiler 
> (</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>http://www.bloodshed.net/</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>).
> It was wrote in C language, and the includes used are:
> #include <conio.h>
> #include <stdlib.h>
> #include <string.h>
> #include <stdio.h>
>
> Other Comments:
> I would like to ask if it was correct to say, as I said in the source-code, and 
> if is still a GNU/GPL licence, when I put the sentence:
>
> //If you redistribute it and/or modify it, you need to
> //cite the original source-code and author name:
> //Ruben Carlo Benante.
> //email: </x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>address@hidden</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>
> //web page: </x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>http://www.geocities.com/pag_sax/xadreco/</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>
> //address:
> //Federal University of Pernambuco
> //Center of Computer Science
> //PostGrad Room 7-1
> //PO Box 7851
> //Zip Code 50670-970
> //Recife, PE, Brazil
> //FAX: +55 (81) 2126-8438
> //PHONE: +55 (81) 2126-8430  x.4067
>
> I know that the main objective of the GPL is to protect the freedom of the 
> programmer, and that the GPL is not against the author. So, I believe that only 
> to cite the authors name will give some credit to who invented the source code, 
> even if it was modified. Thank you very much. Ruben.</x-tad-smaller>