On Monday 24 July 2006 15:26, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > Omer Zak wrote: > > even FSF has a list of software > > packages (at http://directory.fsf.org/). > > Except I was never able to figure out what is this a list OF. > > It has only 4,300 enteries, so it cannot possibly presume to be > complete. On the other hand, it contains some obviously > (<plug>http://directory.fsf.org/rsyncrypto.html</plug>) non-GNU > packages. It appears to be a list of whatever software happened to catch > the FSF's fancy to be "useful", under some unclear definition of "useful".
OK, here's what I know of the FSF/UNESCO directory ( http://directory.fsf.org/ ): 1. It is edited by a few editors (possibly even one) with some submissions from the public. 2. Sometimes the editors find a package themselves and add it there, after sending an email to the creator with clarifications. 3. It is exclusively about free software (according to the FSF definition) that is not dependant on non-free software. It should include Java programs that run on top of a free-as-in-speech Java implementation as well as Windows programs that can run on top of wine. Otherwise software of all free software licenses (copyleft, BSD-style, LGPL, GPL-compatible or not compatible with the GPL) is represented. 4. There's an LWN interview with the chief editor here: http://lwn.net/Articles/97521/ ----------------- Now Freshmeat.net is more active, has more projects, the feedback is much better, has more editors, etc. However, it contains some non-open-source software (not that I mind it too much) and restricts itself to software that can run on Linux (while still having some sections for themes, for OS X software, and for Palm). I also think that the source code of the site is not available for download, even though it was once upon a time. (Before VA Linux bought Andover.net). I also noticed that a few editorials have disappeared from it, at least after the switch to Freshmeat 2, along with all their comments. Some of my projects are in the FSF directory too, but not all. Regards, Shlomi Fish --------------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage: http://www.shlomifish.org/ Chuck Norris wrote a complete Perl 6 implementation in a day but then destroyed all evidence with his bare hands, so no one will know his secrets. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
