Re: [Savannah-hackers] submission of 'aroundme', Barnraiser´s social networki - savannah.gnu.org

[Alaska Subedi]

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Tom Calthrop wrote:
| Hi Alaska,
|
| Please find attached a new version of 'aroundme' containing the changes
| listed below.
|
| To summerize, we have:
| 1. removed all gif images (replaced with png's)
| 2. added the header to all files
| 3. added the copying.txt file
|
| Please read the readme.txt file regarding "copying". If you are uphappy
| with the text here, please advise on how we should write it. What we are
| trying to say is "you can remove or keep our logos when you distribute,
| but you are not allowed to alter our logo images as they are trademarked".
|

Hi Tom,

We have not had the issue of trademark logo so we've asked rms and
address@hidden for clarification. However, I am going to approve
this project. I don't think the inclusion of the logo should be
a problem but can you remove it until everything is clarified?

The files in the ../texts/ folder seem to be canned messages. Can put
a README file in that folder noting that those files are copyright to
Barnraiser and include the same licence-to-copy blurb?

Thanks for the patience :)

Regards,
Alaska Subedi


| If you require any further changes please let me know and I will make
| them immediately.
|
| Kind regards,
|
| Tom
|
|
|
|
| Alaska Subedi wrote:
|
|> Tom Calthrop wrote:
|>
|>> Hi Alaska,
|>>
|>> Damn, that's a shame. I replied straight away. Sorry about that. You
|>> can download it from sourceforge:
|>>
|>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/aroundme/
|>>
|>> If there is anything wrong with the source please let me know and I
|>> will immediately release a new version with appropriate changes.
|>>
|>> Thanks very much for your help!
|>>
|>> Kind regards,
|>>
|>> Tom
|>>
|>
|> Hi Tom,
|>
|> The source files in the tarball do not have copyright and
|> license-to-copy notices. A typical license notice is given in
|>
http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/License-Notices.html#License-Notices

|>
|> This notice should be preceded by a copyright notice which is
|> of the form:
|>     Copyright (C) year1, year2 copyright-holder
|>
|> I have made a header file for you which should go at the top of
|> every source file. Please check that file and make sure that
|> copyright information is correct. Also, since you are allowing
|> others to copy, modify and distribute your program by releasing
|> in terms of GNU GPL, you should not have `All rights reserved'
|> in the copyright statement.
|>
|> I have attached two files with this email: head.header and header.sh.
|> The file head.header contains the notices and header.sh is a script
|> which will add the contents of header file at the top of every file
|> with .php extension. Run this script from the base directory to
|> put the notices at the top of every .php file. BEFORE running
|> this script please make a backup of your source directory.
|>
|> I could not determine if you wrote aroundme.sql or it was copied
|> from some other source. If you wrote it, please put the license notices
|> at the top of that file too. If it was used from some other source,
|> please verify with the original author that you can use it.
|>
|> Instead of LICENSE.txt please put a copy of GNU GPL v2 in a file
|> name COPYING and refer to this file for copying conditions from
|> README file. A copy of GNU GPL v2 can be found at
|> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt
|>
|> 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.
|>
|> The images should be released in some free license. Please
|> note the copyright and licence of the images in README file.
|>
|> Once the project is accepted at Savannah, you should close your
|> SF account because Savannah does not allow mirroring of projects
|> on its server.
|>
|> Please address these issues and reply me with the updated source code
|> and I will approve this project.
|>
|> Thanks,
|> Alaska Subedi
|>
|>>
|>>
|>>
|>> Alaska Subedi wrote:
|>>
|>>> Tom Calthrop wrote:
|>>>
|>>>> Hi Alaska,
|>>>>
|>>>> Could you give me an update on the progress of our submission? We
|>>>> really want to kick off the project on Savannah. I appreciate that
|>>>> you are busy, but our funding and roadmap depends on us knowing
|>>>> roughly when we will get acceptance/denial of Savannah. Is there
|>>>> any chance of getting an update?
|>>>
|>>>
|>>>
|>>>
|>>>
|>>>
|>>> Hi,
|>>>
|>>> I have been actually waiting for your reply. I had asked you to forward
|>>> the code to me via email. But I never recieved the code. My mail filter
|>>> may have deleted you email. Also, I could not find a way to download
|>>> the
|>>> source code at the website.
|>>>
|>>> We want to check the source code to make sure that it meets all the
|>>> legal requirements (like putting appropriate copyright and license-to-
|>>> copy notices, etc.) to be released in terms of the specified licenses.
|>>>
|>>> Please reply me with the source code and if everything is alright, I
|>>> will immediately approve your project. If you want the webpage at
|>>> Savannah immediately and you don't have much time to deal with source
|>>> code right now, please assure me that there will be appropriate notices
|>>> as specified in
|>>>
http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/Copyright-Notices.html#Copyright-Notices

|>>>
|>>> and
|>>>
http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/License-Notices.html#License-Notices

|>>>
|>>> And I will approve your project for inclusion in Savannah.
|>>>
|>>>
|>>> Thanks,
|>>>
|>>> Alaska Subedi
|>>>
|>>>>
|>>>> Thanks in advance,
|>>>>
|>>>> Tom
|>>>>
|>>>> asubedi wrote:
|>>>>
|>>>> Hi,
|>>>>
|>>>> I am reviewing the your submission at Savannah.
|>>>>
|>>>> address@hidden writes:
|>>>>
|>>>>> A package was submitted to savannah.gnu.org
|>>>>> This mail was sent to address@hidden, address@hidden
|>>>>> > > tom calthrop <address@hidden> described the package as
|>>>>> follows:
|>>>>> License: gpl
|>>>>> Other License: > Package: 'aroundme', Barnraiser´s social networki
|>>>>> System name: aroundme
|>>>>> Type: GNU
|>>>>> > Description:
|>>>>> 'aroundme', Barnraiser´s social networking and team interaction
|>>>>
|>>>>
|>>>>
|>>>>
|>>>> software. 'aroundme' has three central components, social network,
|>>>> groupware, activities and task management.
|>>>>
|>>>>> >  'aroundme' is a 'web standard' product. It will work with
|>>>>
|>>>>
|>>>>
|>>>>
|>>>> standard web server configurations such as a typical Linux
|>>>> distribution running Apache and PHP services or a Microsoft server
|>>>> running IIS and PHP. These are available from most internet service
|>>>> providers (ISP) should you wish to host externally.
|>>>>
|>>>>> > 'aroundme' takes up a small amount of disk space (appox 3mb). The
|>>>>
|>>>>
|>>>>
|>>>>
|>>>> amount of space given to each user for image storage is
|>>>> configurable at installation. Awarding large disk quotas to users
|>>>> will increase your disk space usage which if with an ISP will
|>>>> increase your costs.
|>>>>
|>>>>> > 'aroundme' is easy to install and configure for personel trained
|>>>>
|>>>>
|>>>>
|>>>>
|>>>> in server administration. Please note, we are very sorry but we do
|>>>> not have the resources to support you if you are not within our
|>>>> donor program.
|>>>>
|>>>>> > Full specifications and demonstration at:
|>>>>
|>>>>
|>>>>
|>>>>
|>>>> http://build.barnraiser.org/aroundme/
|>>>>
|>>>>> > Other Software Required:
|>>>>> php 4.x
|>>>>> ADOdb (ADOdb currently supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, Interbase,
|>>>>
|>>>>
|>>>>
|>>>>
|>>>> Firebird, Informix, Oracle, MS SQL 7, Foxpro, Access, ADO, Sybase,
|>>>> FrontBase, DB2 and generic ODBC)
|>>>>
|>>>>> Web server (Apache or IIS)
|>>>>> > Other Comments:
|>>>>> You cannot download our source from our site. We are in the process
|>>>>
|>>>>
|>>>>
|>>>>
|>>>> of registering with sourceforge - downloads will be available
|>>>> there. I can email you the software to check if you like, however
|>>>> it is only php scripts and xhtml -> address@hidden if you want it.
|>>>>
|>>>>> > I know it has nothing todo with the source, however you may wish
|>>>>
|>>>>
|>>>>
|>>>>
|>>>> to briefly read our organisational overview to get an overvirew of
|>>>> the greater project -> http://www.barnraiser.org/
|>>>>
|>>>>> >
|>>>>
|>>>>
|>>>>
|>>>>
|>>>> "Linux" is just a kernel of a more complex system that we like to
|>>>> refer
|>>>> to as GNU/Linux, to emphasize the ideals of the Free Software
|>>>> movement.
|>>>>
|>>>> Would you mind changing references to Linux as an OS to GNU/Linux?
|>>>>
|>>>> For more information, see http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html.
|>>>>
|>>>> Please forward the code to me by email (address@hidden).
|>>>>
|>>>> We wish to review your 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.
|>>>>
|>>>> Also, note that when your project is approved, it will be approved as
|>>>> non-GNU. To be accepted as a GNU project, the GNU evaluation team has
|>>>> to approve your project.
|>>>>
|>>>> Regards,
|>>>>
|>>>> Alaska Subedi
|>>>>
|>>>>>
|>>>>>
|>>>>>
|>>>
|>>>>>
|>>>
|>>>
|>>>
|>>>
|>>
|>>
|>
|

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