On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 10:17:42AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > A package was submitted to savannah.nongnu.org > This mail was sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Aaron D. Ball <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > > > 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. > > > Other Comments: > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Savannah-hackers mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/savannah-hackers -- Rudy Gevaert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web page http:/www.webworm.org GNU/Linux for schools http://www.nongnu.org/glms Savannah hacker http://savannah.gnu.org _______________________________________________ Savannah-hackers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/savannah-hackers
