gnupic: GNUPIC or not GNUPIC?
Subject:
Re: GNUPIC or not GNUPIC?
From:
Craig Franklin ####@####.####
Date:
11 Apr 2001 06:01:55 -0000
Message-Id: <01041101060800.25014@r2d2>
The GNU police are about to knock down my front door!!!! I can hear the theme
to COPS in the distance.
Do we know their requirements?
We would probably have to conform to their coding standards. Not a problem
if you are starting a new project. It could be a headache for us. This is
one of several issues that would require substantial number of man-hours.
Considering the size of our development team, I think our users are better
served by improving the applications instead of conforming to an arbitrary
standard.
Out of respect for the FSF, I say we redefine the acronym for the programs
and get on with life.
I am thinking the "G" in GPASM/GPSIM stands for ...
(drum roll)
"G".
On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, you wrote:
> That is a question. I got this from Bradley M. Kuhn ####@####.#### today:
>
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> Hello, Scott. I am the vice president of the Free Software Foundation,
> writing you on behalf of the GNU project.
>
> Someone recently told us about James Bowman's project, GNU PIC, which
> according to the web page, you have taken over.
>
> Everyone is permitted to released software under the GNU GPL without our
> permission, and we are happy when they do. However, we do not usually
> permit developers to call their software "GNU" unless they have made
> official arrangements with us to do so.
>
> Likely James chose the name as a tribute to us, and that is
> understandable, and we appreciate it. However, we would like to now go
> through the formal arrangements to have GNU PIC be made into an official a
> GNU program (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/categories.html#GNUprograms).
>
> Would you like to begin this process?
>
> In the meantime, we would appreciate it if you'd note on the website and
> the mailing lists that GNU PIC is not yet officially GNU software.
>
>
> Of course, you are under no obligation to make "GNU PIC" officially into
> GNU software. However, we ask that you change the name to something else
> if you choose not to make it part of GNU.
>
> I look forward to hearing from you.
>
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> I quite frankly don't care one way or the other if we're sanctioned by the
> official "GNU" or not. However, my ambivalence can be easily swayed.
>
> Anyone care to comment on this? Would it make everyone feel good if we got
> FSF's blessing?
>
> Scott
>
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