Re: [Savannah-hackers] submission of mdf2iso - savannah.nongnu.org

[Sylvain Beucler]

Hi,

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

> salsan <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
> License: gpl
> Other License: 
> Package: mdf2iso
> System name: mdf2iso
> Type: non-GNU
> 
> Description:
> MDF2ISO is a very simple utility to convert an Alcohol 120% bin image to the 
> standard ISO-9660 format.
> 
> http://freshmeat.net/redir/mdf2iso/54376/url_zip/mdf2iso.zip

Licensing under the "GNU GPL v2 only" is problematic.  Would you agree
to license your project under the "GNU GPL v2 or later"?

The reason for this is that when we publish GPL v3, it will be
important for all GPL-covered programs to advance to GPL v3.  If you
don't put this in the files now, the only way to port your program to
GPL v3 would be to ask each and every copyright holder, and that may
be very difficult.

We can explain the issue in more detail if you wish.  If you have
concerns about "GNU GPL v2 or later", we'd be happy to address them
too.


Your source code also lack a copyright notice.

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.


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