[Savannah-hackers] Re: templates : comments on templates.

[Mathieu Roy]

> 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.)

This is false.


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

That's why you receive a mail. This mail was send by savannah-hackers. 
Not directly by software authors.

> To make your program into official GNU software
> (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/categories.html#GNUsoftware), you will
> first need to agree to follow GNU policies.  This is somewhat 
> formalized,
> because each maintainer of an official GNU package agrees to stand 
> with the
> GNU project on important matters of software freedom.

Normally, they should have already seen this message.

> If you are agreeable to these policies, the next step is for the 
> program
> to be evaluated for inclusion in GNU.  To do this, I need the 
> following
> things in a self-contained email:
>   * A short (paragraph or so) description of the program.
>   * A URL where the source code can be downloaded.

The mail sent by savannah-hackers is automated and normally include 
this.

It's really confusing for me to read such mails, I guess that it should 
be just the same for users.
:(




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