Re: [Savannah-hackers] submission of Narya Forum and Project Incubator - savannah.nongnu.org

[Rudy Gevaert]

On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 06:03:49AM -0500, Terry Hancock wrote:
> On Tuesday 23 September 2003 02:59 am, Rudy Gevaert wrote:
> > Are developing a client that uses only free software?  If you do we
> > can host your project.  It is not possible to host the free client
> > here and the non free client here too.
> 
> There is no "non-free client".  The web page you "didn't have time to read"
> explained that in some detail.  *Grrr*  Shame on you!

You don't have to get hostile.  Your page was to long to read. 

> I describe Java 2 as a "problem", because many 3rd party Java applets
> that would've been nice to use rely on it.  Which makes them
> unavailable for precisely the reasons you state. Yet they are perceived
> to fill the gap, so there's little motivation to replace them with
> unencumbered client software.  Since I don't write Java, I find
> that unfortunate, and I wrote an article discussing alternative
> possibilities: some based on Free JVMs and some eschewing
> Java altogether.
> 
> Narya, of course, is a *server side* application -- a thick client
> is just something on my wishlist at the moment, anyway: advanced
> applications like collaborative CAD would need it. As it is now, it
> contains no Java whatsoever.
> 
> Anyway, if the misconception that I have a  "proprietary
> dependency" is the only reason you have for rejecting the
> project, I trust you will reverse this decision?

If you said this in your registration text, I would have accepted it
at once.   This is much more clearer that you text on your web page.
And much shorter.

Please register your project once more.

We cannot track projects that have been answered but not approved, so
we must ask you to register the project whenever you change the
registration. Make sure to apply all changes so you need to reregister
only once.

The re-registration URL found in our acknowledgement of your earlier
registration will direct you to the proper location.

Please place a note in the submitted text that I already approved this
project.

Regards,

Rudy
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