Re: [Savannah-hackers] submission of The GNU Triangulated Surface Library - savannah.nongnu.org

[Rudy Gevaert]

Hi,

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

On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 10:31:51PM -0500, address@hidden wrote:
> 
> A package was submitted to savannah.nongnu.org
> This mail was sent to address@hidden, address@hidden
> 
> 
> St?phane Popinet <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
> License: lgpl
> Other License: 
> Package: The GNU Triangulated Surface Library

Since your project does not seems to be part of the
GNU project yet, we cannot accept that project name
for it. Of course there are lots of non-GNU projects
with names such as gnuplot and gnuboy, but they are
not hosted in Savannah.

In the projects we host we want to keep the distinction
 between GNU and non-GNU projects, to avoid confusion.

If your project is accepted into the GNU project, you
 can change its name later on.


> System name: gts
> Type: non-GNU
> 
> Description:
> GTS stands for the GNU Triangulated Surface Library. It is an Open Source 
> Free Software Library intended to provide a set of useful functions to deal 
> with 3D surfaces meshed with interconnected triangles. The source code is 
> available free of charge under the Free Software LGPL license.

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


> 
> The code is written entirely in C with an object-oriented approach based 
> mostly on the design of GTK+. Careful attention is paid to performance 
> related issues as the initial goal of GTS is to provide a simple and 
> efficient library to scientists dealing with 3D computational surface meshes.
> 
> This project is currently hosted by Sourceforge but I would prefer to have it 
> hosted by a free (not for profit) site like Savannah.


> 
> More details, as well as the source code is available here:
> 
> http://gts.sf.net

I haven't checked the source but please make sure that:

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/lgpl.txt). Copy it for instance
into a file named COPYING.

Also suply a direct download url in the reregistration.

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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