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Mathieu Roy |
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[Savannah-hackers] Re: submission of GQuickDraw - savannah.nongnu.org |
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12 Nov 2002 21:53:38 +0100 |
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address@hidden said:
> A package was submitted to savannah.nongnu.org
> This mail was sent to address@hidden, address@hidden
>
> Ingo Ruhnke <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
> License: gpl
> Other License:
> Package: GQuickDraw
> System name: gquickdraw
> Type: non-GNU
>
> Description:
> GQuickDraw is meant as a very simple and stupid graphic library, basically a
> wrapper around a small subset of Xlib functions. Its aim is it to allow
> graphic access with a minimum effort, something like:
>
> gd_init_screen(640, 480);
> gd_set_color(0xFF00FF);
> gd_draw_line(100, 100, 250, 200);
>
> GQuickDraw is written in C and bindings will be provided for both Python and
> Guile. Support for mouse, joystick and load/save of png\'s is planed.
>
> I started this thing because I missed the ease of use of old Basic dialects,
> which often allowed such easy ways to create graphics, while under C most
> libraries require a huge amount of init code, which sometimes gets larger
> then the programm I indent to write. This library isn\'t meant for real
> applications, but instead for tiny prototypes or visualisations of algorithms.
>
> The current code is available at (well, its a uncleaned dump of my working
> directory):
>
> http://pingus.seul.org/~grumbel/tmp/gquickdraw/
In order to release your project under the GPL you
should write copyright notices and copying permission
statements at the beginning of every source-code file, and
include a copy of the plain text version of the GPL
(http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt copy it, for
instance, into a file named COPYING).
Please follow the advice of
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html
The GPL FAQ can also help you understand the reason behind
thoses recommendations. For example, there is an entry explaining
why the GPL requires including a copy of the GPL with
every copy of the program:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#WhyMustIInclude
Could you resubmit your project once it's done?
You can resubmit your project with ease by copying
the big re-registration URL provided in the mail
you received at submission
Regards,
--
Mathieu Roy
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