All those projects have to be kept in sync with the upstream which may
create some extra work
I am a bit concerned for the maintenance effort

Best regards
Alin


On Thu, Jun 27, 2024 at 6:41 PM Nathan Hartman <hartman.nat...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 27, 2024 at 11:40 AM Gregory Nutt <spudan...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 6/27/2024 9:30 AM, Tomek CEDRO wrote:
> > > Hey there Alan :-)
> > >
> > > +1 here :-)
> > >
> > > I would put that to apache/nuttx-deps repo so maintenance is easier
> > > and more coherent with the rest of the project :-)
> > >
> > > Have a good day folks :-)
> > > Tomek
> >
> > Many of have licenses that are incompatible with Apache 2 and so could
> > not be under apache/
>
>
>
> In principle I agree we need a backup in case upstream projects disappear.
>
> Projects *have* disappeared in the past. For example, kconfig-frontends
> disappeared for a while due to the author moving apartments. Thankfully it
> returned but it (and other important tools) may disappear again, and may
> disappear forever.
>
> Regarding licensing:
>
> I don't know whether there are any Foundation policies about hosting such
> a... backup? mirror? What is it called? How can it be done in a way that
> agrees with policies, if there are any?
>
> Cheers
> Nathan
>

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