[Savannah-hackers] Re: submission of Open-Source Web Publishing System - savannah.nongnu.org

[Mathieu Roy]

Hi,

I'm evaluating the project you submitted for approval in Savannah.


address@hidden said:

> A package was submitted to savannah.nongnu.org
> This mail was sent to address@hidden, address@hidden
> 
> Justin White <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
> License: other
> Other License: As I stated earlier, some parts of my project may be released 
> under the LGPL instead of the GPL for reuse reasons, especially since I would 
> like to use those pieces in other works.  However, the entire project (for 
> the most part) will be released under the GPL.
> Package: Open-Source Web Publishing System
> System name: openwps
> Type: non-GNU
> 
> Description:
> Open-Source Web Publishing System (OpenWPS) is a PHP-based content management 
> system, using an SQL backend for storing of content and HTML templates for 
> page layout. OpenWPS provides an simple, yet savvy means of managing the 
> content/layout of a website.  The source code to OpenWPS is available for 
> download at http://www.ytztech.com/openwps.zip.  This version is not 
> available to the public at this time.  I hope to release the code soon for 
> general use, under the GPL.
> 
> Other Software Required:
> OpenWPS depends on PHP version 4.2.0 or above.  OpenWPS also requires the use 
> of an SQL server.  Currently, OpenWPS does support some commercial SQL 
> servers, but also supports both MySQL and PostgreSQL.

Note that commercial does not mean proprietary. 
Free Software can be "free as in beer" but it means free
as in freedom. And so, it can be commercialized.
For instance, while RedHat sells a distribution, it can be
seen as commercialization of software and it's still Free
Software; there are no conflicts with the free licenses.

> Other Comments: I may release the SQL abstraction layer (SQL_AL.PHP)
> and my Webediting file (WEBEDIT.PHP) under the LGPL in the near
> future, instead of using the GPL.

Our aim is to host free software projects, and we want
to encourage the public to think of them as free software
projects.  A project name that says "open" is likely to
encourage people to think of the project as "open source"
instead of "free software".

We would be glad if you accept to use "free" instead of
"open" in your project name.



Please register your project once more with the changes mentioned
above. The way we handle pending projects makes it difficult to keep
track of projects that have been answered but have not been approved
yet, so we erase them and we ask you to register the project again every
time some change has to be done to the registration, and users might
have to register their projects several times. Thank you for your
understanding.

Some users find it useful to use the big re-registration URL provided in
the acknowledgment e-mail you received after registration.

Regards,




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Mathieu Roy
 
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