Re: [Savannah-hackers] submission of B23cms - savannah.nongnu.org

[Sylvain Beucler]

Hi,

One of our goals in the approval process is to take care of legal
issues, so I will detail you some points to fix in the source code you
would import to Savannah.

First, in order to release your project properly and unambiguously
under the GPL, please place copyright notices and permission-to-copy
statements at the beginning of every file of source code.

For more information, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html.

The GPL FAQ explains why these procedures must be followed.  To learn
why a copy of the GPL must be included with every copy of the code, for
example, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#WhyMustIInclude.


Also, 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.  These patents also apply
to the compress program.

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


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


On Sun, Nov 07, 2004 at 04:50:16PM -0500, Diego Escalante wrote:
> Ok, the code in the url below does not have the legal notice in each
> file, but is the lastest code i have made.
> 
> http://b23.dndweb.net/b23-2.tar.gz
> 
> I'll fix the legal notice issue later, by the way, do you have dbx
> modules in your PHP compilation? it's necesary for my project to
> work!.
> 
> See ya!.
> 
> 
> On Sun, 7 Nov 2004 15:52:14 +0100, Sylvain Beucler <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I'm evaluating the project you submitted for approval in Savannah.
> > 
> > We indeed wish to review your latest 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.
> > 
> > You can send me a copy of the source code by mail.
> > 
> > --
> > Sylvain
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > Diego Escalante Urrelo <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
> > > License: gpl
> > > Other License:
> > > Package: B23cms
> > > System name: b23cms
> > > Type: non-GNU
> > >
> > > Description:
> > > B23cms is a CMS project, intended to be used by the latin american
> > > market. The difference with other CMSs is the advocation for the
> > > simplicity and the ease of use. Tries to be modular and easy to
> > > change for particular needs by creating a good base engine in which
> > > to work modules and add ons.
> > >
> > > Currently the project is in sourceforge, but I consider that
> > > savannah would be a better option for some technical reasons.  The
> > > url for the (not so actual) source code is
> > > http://b23cms.sf.net/b23cms (not functional).
> > >
> > > Other Software Required:
> > > It is a project that works on:
> > >
> > > Some unix platform
> > > Apache 1 or 2
> > > PHP 4.3 or newer
> > > mysql or any dbx compliant db
> > >
> > > Other Comments:
> > > I can email a copy of the source code if it's so necesary (current
> > > source code at sourceforge is not working).