Re: [Savannah-help-public] GNU software: MCSim

[Sylvain Beucler]

Hi,

Since we have enabled registrations back now, the best would be to
submit the project to Savannah directly :)

-- 
Sylvain

On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 04:54:38PM +0100, Frédéric BOIS wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I just finished
> - changing the address of FSF
> - updating the COPYING file
> - putting the FDL in the manual text
> - removing all the "all rights reserved"
> 
> So I guess it's better now.  If you want to see it : look at tar.gz attached.
> I have a CVS repository of about all the software history. I would like to 
> upload that.
> How should I do it ?
> 
> Frederic
> 
> 
> >>> Sylvain Beucler <address@hidden> 13/12/2007 21:15 >>>
> Hi,
> 
> I noticed several points to fix in your tarball:
> 
> - The address of the FSF has changed, and is now:
> 
>   51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
> 
> Please update your license notices.
> 
> Please update the copy of the license (usually, the 'COPYING' file) in
> your package as well.
> 
> Updated versions of the GPL, LGPL and GFDL can also be found at:
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt 
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.txt 
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.txt 
> 
> You can find some background and a possible migration script at
> https://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=3766 
> 
> (alternatively the GNU (L)GPLv3 standard notices include different
> wording that do not mention the FSF snail mail address - see
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html#howto)
> 
> 
> - mcsim.texi uses the old-style license for GNU manuals. Please
>   upgrade to the GNU FDL.
> 
> 
> - Examples files (.MCMC.in) are "All rights reserved". This ain't
>   free!  :)
> 
> 
> Didn't GNU Eval tell anything about it?
> 
> -- 
> Sylvain
> 
> 
> On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 03:55:24PM +0100, Frédéric BOIS wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Thank you. I checked the copyrights etc when I submitted originally to GNU, 
> > quite a while ago.
> > I just rechecked and pass every everything described on the "How to get 
> > approved...".
> > Namely:
> > - The project runs on GNU/Linux primarily
> > - It is under GNU GPL v2 or higher, v2 is provided in the package.
> > - A small tech description is given on 
> > http://fredomatic.free.fr/page_mcsim.html and the
> >   manual is provided online too.
> > - Pointers to the source code, beta, stable, and old version are on the 
> > above web page.
> > - OS are referred to as Unix and GNU/Linux on the online manual.
> > - I checked the headers for copyright and license notice.
> > If you find anything that needs correction please tell me and I will do it 
> > for the next version 
> > which should be 5.1.0.
> > GSL and GLSCBLAS are the only required non-standard libraries. A small 
> > separate utility relies on 
> > wish, gnuplot and tcl/tk, but is not essential. Documentation is in texinfo 
> > and needs translation tools
> > to ps, html etc to be produced in those versions, but they are optional.
> > 
> > Voila. Attached is a tar ball of v5.1.beta. Thanks again for taking the 
> > time to review it. I appreciate.
> > 
> > Frederic
> > 
> > 
> > >>> Sylvain Beucler <address@hidden> 29/11/2007 23:29 >>>
> > Hi,
> > 
> > If you are a GNU project, the best course of action for now would be
> > to carefully read
> > http://savannah.gnu.org/maintenance/HowToGetYourProjectApprovedQuickly 
> > , in particular double-check all your copyright and license notices
> > (for code, data, images, etc.) and license compatibilities for
> > dependencies.
> > 
> > When your project complies with the requirements, send a mail again
> > with a source tarball and I'll be able to quickly review it, and
> > activate a project.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Sylvain
> > 
> > 
> > On Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 03:45:03PM +0100, Frédéric BOIS wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I am the original developer and current maintainer of a GNU-distributed
> > > software called MCSim (simulation software,
> > > under GPL, in standard C, for GNU/Linux primarily). It is more and more
> > > used in academia, industry and government and a 
> > > team from Colorado State is developing an independent port to Windows
> > > and asks for a branching. So far I have kept the 
> > > CVS repository private but I feel it may be time to go public and I
> > > would like to port it to Savannah (preferably, before 
> > > considering SourceForge and the likes). I registered and saw that you
> > > are not accepting new projects.
> > > Can you tell me how long is the expecting waiting time?
> > > 
> > > Thank you.
> > > 
> > > Frederic Y. Bois
> > > 
> > > 
> > > ==========================
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> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> 
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