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Drew Crampsie <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
License: lgpl
Other License: Please note that the specifications and documentation may be 
placed under a license that protects the integrity of the work. I\'m not 
familiar with the FDL...
Package: TPL: TPL Prints Languages
System name: tpl
This package wants to apply for inclusion in the GNU project

Description:
The project is a specification and various implementations of a templating 
system for using text templates (a la html, xml, sql, ..) from a programming 
language. The author (myself ;) beleives the project is unique, in that it 
takes a minimal approach to templates, allowing the prorammer to focus on the 
logic and structure of the program, leaving the display to the templates.

The idea is that using the templates from the program is simply a matter of 
creating a data structure, and assinging that structure to the template. there 
is no logic or control structures in the template system, which is an important 
part of the design.

It is based on ideas developed while working on web front-ends to databases, 
but has concepts applicable to much more. It was developed out of 
dissatisfaction(sp?) with any current template language. I beleive that 

The code hosted on savannah is free software, under the LGPL license.The GPL is 
not used because the author beleives that wider use of this code could only 
advance the cause of free software. If requested a GPL license could be 
applied, as i intend to maintain copyright on the code.

If the GNU project were to ever become interested in the code, it would be 
available under thier terms :)

A semi-complete implementation exists, but is not available online at this 
time. Should you wish to see a copy, please feel free to ask, but as it is not 
complete, and is poorly documented, this is probably pointless. 



Other Software Required:
Currently, the implementation is in perl. I plan to make available 
implemetations in other languages. If implementation in non-free languages (i 
was thinking ASP, vb.. c# just to try the languages, as the implementation is 
simple) in specifically prohibited, i will not host these on savannah, or make 
sure that the implentations can run in free software versions of those 
languages, should they exist. A Java version is planned, and will run in a free 
software VM.

Other Comments:
please don\'t make me host it on sourceforge :)