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

[Sylvain Beucler]

Hi,

I am waiting for an answer from you.

If within one week I still do not get a reply, I will remove your
project. You will still be able to register it again once you have the
time to deal with the registration issues.

Regards,

-- 
Sylvain

On Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 08:09:18PM +0100, Sylvain Beucler wrote:
> 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).
> 
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Sylvain