[Savannah-hackers] Re: submission of Web-based learning management system IVA - savannah.nongnu.org

[Mathieu Roy]

Mart Laanpere <address@hidden> a tapoté :

> Hello,
> 
> thank you for quick response. And thank you for educating us
> with regard to the distinction between Free Software and Open Source
> movements.
> I would like to assure, there is no doubt, our software is intended to be
> Free Software - everyone should be able to execute/read/modify/distribute it.
> Just like FLE3, which code we are partly using. This was also
> our agreement with FLE3 authors (Teemu Leinonen, Tarmo Toikkanen et al),
> that if we use their code, we keep our product as Free Software - but as this
> agreement was done in Finnish language, the disctinction between
> Free Software and Open Source ideology did not came out clearly.
> Other members of our IVA development team are more competent in
> these issues, if they would have been filling in the Savannah application
> form they would not have made this mistake. It just happened that I
> volunteered to apply for Savannah account, without clear knowledge
> that Free Software and Open Source Software are different things.
> 
> So please, could you register our IVA project at Savannah as a
> Free Software Project?

Please, resubmit with the URL asked. See at the bottom of this
message.

Regards,

> 
> At 13:31 18.01.2003 +0100, you wrote:
> >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
> > >
> > > Mart Laanpere <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
> > > License: lgpl
> > > Other License:
> > > Package: Web-based learning management system IVA
> > > System name: iva
> > > Type: non-GNU
> > >
> > > Description:
> > > IVA is an open-source, freeware learning management system. Much
> > of IVA source code is borrowed from another open-source Zope product
> > called FLE3. IVA is currently available only in Estonian language
> >
> >Note that Savannah supports projects of the Free Software
> >movement, not projects of the Open Source movement.
> >We are careful about ethical issues and insist on
> >producing software that is not dependent on proprietary
> >software.
> >
> >While Open Source as defined by it's founders means
> >Free Software, it's frequently misunderstood.
> >For more information, read
> >http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-software-for-freedom.html
> >
> >
> >Also, note that Free Software does not mean freeware. Freeware means
> >that a software is free as beer while Free Software means you can
> >execute/read/modify/distribute a software.
> >
> > > .
> > >
> > > Other Software Required:
> > > IVA is based on Zope (http://www.zope.org) and works at its best
> > if installed under some CMF portal (like Plone) - then the user
> > management will be carried out at the portal level.
> >
> >Please register your project again including a URL
> >(could be temporary) where the source code can be found.
> >The description you give during project registration will be
> >read by Savannah administrators and not by the general Savannah
> >public (if you are still concerned with privacy, you can also
> >send me a copy of the code by e-mail).
> >
> >We would like to look at your source code, even if it is still
> >not functional, to help you fix potential legal issues which
> >would be harder to find and to solve after the project gets
> >approved. For example, 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, as advise in http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.html
> >
> >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,
> >
> >
> >--
> >Mathieu Roy
> >
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