Re: [Savannah-hackers] submission of The Enki Document Server - savannah.nongnu.org

[Rudy Gevaert]

On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 10:17:42AM -0400, address@hidden wrote:
> 
> A package was submitted to savannah.nongnu.org
> This mail was sent to address@hidden, address@hidden
> 
> 
> Aaron D. Ball <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
> License: gpl
> Other License: 
> Package: The Enki Document Server
> System name: enki
> Type: non-GNU
> 
> Description:
> The software is currently just a simple web server, responding in HTTP/1.1 to 
> GET and HEAD requests for static documents.  In the future, it will permit 
> authorized users to introduce new documents (optionally relating them to 
> existing documents), offer interfaces via other protocols (particularly SMTP 
> and IMAP), and generally unite the essentially similar functions of weblogs, 
> mailing lists, Usenet, web pages with comment facilities, and other forms of 
> threaded communication.
> 
> The software is written in Ruby, which provides powerful programming 
> abstractions and standard libraries that together make it possible to write 
> code that is both compact and legible.  I believe that this, combined with 
> careful modularization and delegation to the host operating system, will lead 
> to software that is unusually maintainable, reliable, and secure.
> 
> http://enki.net/
> 
> is a tiny web site running the current version of the software, whose source 
> code is at
> 
> http://enki.net/enki.tar.gz
> 
> for the time being.  The COPYING file at the root of the tarball contains a 
> copy of version 2 of the GPL, and each source code file begins with a line 
> referring to that file.

Referring to that file isn't enough.  You must include a header
in each source file as explained in the GPL.  If somebody distrutes
your software and they COPYING file gets lost, no one will know what
was in the COPYING file.

Please send my an updated tarbal if it is ok I'll approve your
project.

Rudy

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> 
> Other Software Required:
> The software is written in Ruby and relies on Ruby\\\'s rich set of standard 
> libraries, which are licensed as described at
> 
> http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/LICENSE.txt
> 
> which explicitly permits licensing either under the GPL or under a different 
> free software license specific to Ruby.  At present, I do not anticipate 
> adding further third-party libraries;  my intention is to keep the software 
> simple when I can, but create my own complexity when I must.
> 
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