[Savannah-register-public] [task #5122] Submission of Free Rescue CD

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                 Summary: Submission of Free Rescue CD
                 Project: Savannah Administration
            Submitted by: athing
            Submitted on: Fri 01/06/06 at 16:40
         Should Start On: Fri 01/06/06 at 00:00
   Should be Finished on: Mon 01/16/06 at 00:00
                Category: Project Approval
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
        Percent Complete: 0%
             Open/Closed: Open
                  Effort: 0.00

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Full Name:
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  Free Rescue CD

System Group Name:
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  frcd

Type:
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  non-GNU software & documentation

License:
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  GNU General Public License V2 or later

Description:
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  I am making a Gentoo GNU/Linux-based live CD (see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_cd for live CD info), like System Rescue CD
(http://sysresccd.org/), except it will be made entirely of free software. The
CD will be intended to be used for tasks that cannot be done from an operating
system installed on a harddisk, such as partitioning, and a small platform for
repairing broken things on a hard drive, such as a misconfigured bootloader.

The only planned graphical program is QTParted
(http://qtparted.sourceforge.net/) running on top of Qt Embedded
(http://www.trolltech.com/products/qt3/embedded/) GNU GPL version. There will
be no graphical system otherwise.

I will make my own version of grubconfig
(http://www.tux.org/pub/people/kent-robotti/looplinux/) for the CD. It has an
unusual license, that might have some legal issues. The license is:

Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

 1. Redistributions of this script must retain the above copyright notice,
this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO
EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS;
OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR
OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

So far, there is only a package list (using packages in Gentoo's portage),
that is changing frequently, which can be found at
http://www.nuxified.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=59

Other Software Required:
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  CD image burner

Other Comments:
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  If the site could be located at http://frcd.nongnu.org/ for a shorter URL
that would be great.

The website will be in XHTML sent as text/html, since the CD could be used by
Internet Explorer users that want to convert to GNU/Linux, but need a
partitioner.








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