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No GPLv2-only projects on Savannah

No GPLv2-only projects on Savannah

Posted Mar 22, 2006 17:04 UTC (Wed) by HenrikH (guest, #31152)
In reply to: No GPLv2-only projects on Savannah by alan
Parent article: No GPLv2-only projects on Savannah

Isn't savannah supposed to be hosting for GNU projects, aka FSF's official projects. If so then it isn't so surprising that they turn down a gplv2-only project.

There is however a savannah.nongnu.net that probably would accept this project(?)


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No GPLv2-only projects on Savannah

Posted Mar 22, 2006 17:19 UTC (Wed) by beoba (guest, #16942) [Link]

They're concerned about GNU projects being legally incompatible with each other in the future. It looks like submitting your code to that page means that you want it integrated into the GNU project.

No GPLv2-only projects on Savannah

Posted Mar 22, 2006 19:31 UTC (Wed) by piman (subscriber, #8957) [Link]

He applied for the non-GNU section as far as I can tell (they use the same *forge installation):

> Type:
> -----
> non-GNU software & documentation

No GPLv2-only projects on Savannah

Posted Mar 22, 2006 21:27 UTC (Wed) by beoba (guest, #16942) [Link]

Oh. In that case, it's a bit troubling.

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