Re: [Savannah-hackers] savannah.gnu.org: submission of ACML and Libraries

[Anil Kumar]

Hello,

I had a confusion about the way specifications are maintained under
GPL. Now I got it cleared and I will resubmit the project under GPL.

thanks
   


On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Loic Dachary wrote:

> 
>       Hi,
> 
>       If the specifications of ACML cannot be modified they do not
> qualify as free documentation and therefore cannot be hosted on
> Savannah. Given the fact that you belong to FreeDevelopers, I guess
> your intention is not really to provide a proprietary format. Could
> you please re-submit your project explaining the rationale of your
> approach ?
> 
>       Cheers,
> 
> address@hidden writes:
>  > A package was submitted to savannah.gnu.org.
>  > This mail was sent to address@hidden, address@hidden
>  > 
>  > 
>  > Anil Kumar K Nair <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
>  > License: other
>  > Other License: ACML DTD and Library specification cannot be modified. The 
> implemntations of the libraries are under GNU General Public License.
>  > 
>  > Package: ACML and Libraries
>  > System name: acml
>  > This package wants to apply for inclusion in the GNU project
>  > 
>  > This project is to develop and maintain an XML DTD called \"Application 
> Configuration Markup Language\" (ACML), ACML library specification and 
> implementation of this library in all possible programming languages. ACML 
> documents along with the library can be used as a mechanism to store and 
> retrieve application configuration data (like the httpd.conf file of Apache).
>  > 
>  > It does not exist yet but I\'m working on it.
>  > 
> 
> 

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