Re: RFS: Conky - A lightweight, highly configurable system monitor based on Torsmo

2005-09-02 Thread Laszlo Boszormenyi
On Fri, 2005-09-02 at 12:27 -0700, Jason Tan wrote: > should I continue replying to debian-mentors, or just Laszlo? It depends. Sometimes if your sponsor (to-be) does not respond for a while, you are free to search an other one. > And do I wait for further instructions/advice from Laszlo, I will

Re: RFS: Conky - A lightweight, highly configurable system monitor based on Torsmo

2005-09-02 Thread Jason Tan
Hi everyone... should I continue replying to debian-mentors, or just Laszlo? And do I wait for further instructions/advice from Laszlo, or is there something I should be doing right now? Never done this before, so I am unsure of the whole process. Thanks! JasonOn 9/1/05, Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PRO

Re: RFS: Conky - A lightweight, highly configurable system monitor based on Torsmo

2005-09-01 Thread Arjan Oosting
Op do, 01-09-2005 te 13:12 -0700, schreef Steve Langasek: > > For future ref for anyone: > > > Yup, it's the BSD 3 clause licence, which is fine. > > The 4 clause isn't, as it has teh 'advertising' clause in it. > > Uh, no, 4 clause BSD *is* allowed in main. I also thought 4-clause BSD was non-f

Re: RFS: Conky - A lightweight, highly configurable system monitor based on Torsmo

2005-09-01 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 07:52:49PM +0100, Neil McGovern wrote: > On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 04:13:41PM +0200, Sven Mueller wrote: > > Jason Tan wrote on 01/09/2005 08:22: > > > We're on the BSD license only because torsmo, conky's predecessor, was > > > BSD. When we do Conky 2.x, which will be a compl

Re: RFS: Conky - A lightweight, highly configurable system monitor based on Torsmo

2005-09-01 Thread Neil McGovern
On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 04:13:41PM +0200, Sven Mueller wrote: > Jason Tan wrote on 01/09/2005 08:22: > > We're on the BSD license only because torsmo, conky's predecessor, was > > BSD. When we do Conky 2.x, which will be a complete rewrite almost from > > scratch, it will be GPL 2. Let me know if y

Re: RFS: Conky - A lightweight, highly configurable system monitor based on Torsmo

2005-09-01 Thread Sven Mueller
Jason Tan wrote on 01/09/2005 08:22: > We're on the BSD license only because torsmo, conky's predecessor, was > BSD. When we do Conky 2.x, which will be a complete rewrite almost from > scratch, it will be GPL 2. Let me know if you need any more information > or fixes or whatnot, and I'll try to ta

Re: RFS: Conky - A lightweight, highly configurable system monitor based on Torsmo

2005-08-31 Thread Jason Tan
Wow, I didn't expect such a fast reply, nor a volunteer to take a stab at sponsoring Conky. :-) Thanks Laszlo! We're on the BSD license only because torsmo, conky's predecessor, was BSD. When we do Conky 2.x, which will be a complete rewrite almost from scratch, it will be GPL 2. Let me know if yo

Re: RFS: Conky - A lightweight, highly configurable system monitor based on Torsmo

2005-08-31 Thread Laszlo Boszormenyi
On Thu, 2005-09-01 at 07:09 +0200, Laszlo Boszormenyi wrote: > I'm open to sponsor it, but can't check it out ATM. I hope I can do it > today and/or report back/upload. Ups, just a quick note: I have to check the copyright as it seems to be restrictive enough for Debian. As I'm not good in these

Re: RFS: Conky - A lightweight, highly configurable system monitor based on Torsmo

2005-08-31 Thread Laszlo Boszormenyi
Hi Jason, On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 21:33 -0700, Jason Tan wrote: > We just released our latest and greatest, version 1.3.0 just yesterday > (August 31st UTC), and I was charged with the task of building a > debian package to accompany the release. I'm open to sponsor it, but can't check it out ATM.

RFS: Conky - A lightweight, highly configurable system monitor based on Torsmo

2005-08-31 Thread Jason Tan
Hi everyone, My name is Jason, and I am a developer for Conky, which is a low-resource, no-frills system monitor for X, risen from the ashes of the no longer active Torsmo program. We just released our latest and greatest, version 1.3.0 just yesterday (August 31st UTC), and I was charged with the