[Savannah-hackers] Re: [Savannah] blt-debian want to be a GNU package

[Free Software Foundation]

Currently, on the official savannah site, we are only permitting programs
that are officially GNU software.  (We are beginning to add functionality
this so that any GPL-compatible software can be hosted, but that is not
completely done yet.)

We can certainly evaluate your software to see if it can officially become
GNU software.

To make your program into official GNU software
(http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/categories.html#GNUsoftware), you will
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I have included a brief summary of the major policies with this message.
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If you are agreeable to these policies, the next step is for the program
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(I realize that you may have given me all that information already in
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(Note that many of the requirments don't apply exactly to documentation;
many of them are for code.)

Also, do you think it would be possible to convince Progeny to release
the manual under the GNU Free Documentation License
(http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)?

address@hidden <address@hidden> wrote:

> The following project was submitted to Savannah. It needs evaluation to
> become a GNU package, can you give it a look, please ?
>
> Submitter: <address@hidden>
> Project Full Name:  BLT Debian GNU/Linux User's Guide
> Project System Name:  blt-debian
> License:  fdl
> Approval URL: https://savannah.gnu.org/admin/groupedit.php?group_id=2062
> Description: 'BLT-Debian GNU/Linux User's Guide' is a project to update and
> expand the 'Progeny 1.0 Linux User's Guide' released into GPL
> by Progeny in March 2002.
>
> All the screenshots and many of the tools will have to be
> replaced with Debian-specific screenshots (preferable for
> the upcoming Debian 3.0 'woody' release) and Debian tools.
> Additional chapters would enhance this user's guide to be
> more practical for both new and experienced users.  Additional
> links to http://www.debian.org and other sites also would
> help both new and experienced users.
>
> This is definitely a 'work in progress.' You can download the
> current tarball http://debian.basiclinux.net/user-guide.tar.gz
>
>
>  -- the Savannah admin
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