Hi Detlef - I think Christoph has already submitted the application to
the fund, in somewhat different form than the one you commented
on. There are some subsequent msgs between he and I on the list. (In
short, I basically agree[d] with all your comments. We probably didn't
get everything right fo
On Wed, Jul 31, 2024, at 9:56 AM, Detlef Riekenberg wrote:
> For all contributions, they have to be checked, commented and later
> committed by the few busy people with commit rights.
Because of this ...
> We need a list of "todo projects", similar to what is available for
> projects, who apply f
Hi Christoph.
Some hints about your draft application:
> > Where is your open source technology project being used (describe
> > all user bases)?
>
> GNU Autoconf and GNU Automake are part of the GNU Autotools, also known
> as the GNU Build System. The help making source code packages portable
I added your paragraph to the section "Describe why your project needs
those services?"
Sounds good.
Can I submit the application?
Yes. Time to give it a try. Thanks for the initiative. --best, karl.
Hello Karl,
thanks for your suggestions, I applied all of them
Maybe here, or somewhere, I wonder about inserting:
Since the Free Software Foundation holds the sole copyright on GNU
Automake, it will be necessary for any significant contributor,
whether individual or corporate, to sign
1) It looks to me like GCC uses autoconf but not automake. Maybe change the
answer to:
> Where is your open source technology project being
> used (describe all user bases)?
GNU Automake is used by a very large number of GNU and non-GNU packages.
Here are just a couple of examples: GNU coreutils
Hi Karl,
I think you are right. Let us concentrate on Automake first. Your
changes to the application are making the statements more clear, thank
you. I removed OpenJDK and LibreOffice, as they are not using Automake.
If you know two other widely known projects using Automake, we could add
the
Hi Christoph and all - back on the Sovereign Tech Fund
application. Here's my first cut at tweaking the wording.
Thanks for doing all this. -k
Draft of applications (questions are with > at the left of the line):
> I acknowledge:
>
> All code and documentation to be supported mu
