[Savannah-hackers] Re: Savannah Project Registeration

[Gilles Gaillard]

Hi,

I received this message that does not seem to me for me.
cheers,

--Gilles

Michael Casadevall a écrit :
> 
> I'm asking for a reply on this project. If I don't get a response email 
> within a week, your project will be deleted from Savannah, but you'll be able 
> to re-register if you wish.
> Michael
> 
> On Oct 18, 2004, at 6:33 PM, Michael McTails wrote:
> 
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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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>           A package was submitted to savannah.gnu.org
>           This mail was sent to address@hidden, address@hidden
> 
>           Ruben Carlo Benante <address@hidden> 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:
>           http://www.geocities.com/pag_sax/xadreco/
> 
>           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
>           (http://www.tim-mann.org/xboard.html)
> 
>           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
>           (http://www.bloodshed.net/).
>           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: address@hidden
>           //web page: http://www.geocities.com/pag_sax/xadreco/
>           //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.
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