[Savannah-register-public] [task #14945] Submission of Extendable Read-Only File System

Follow-up Comment #36, task #14945 (project administration): Hi Karl, > a license "compatible with the GNU GPL" (the phrase on both pages) means any version of GNU GPL, present and future (that's implied in the GPL text itself). That is why or-any-later-version is required. That is why the only l

[Savannah-register-public] [task #14945] Submission of Extendable Read-Only File System

Follow-up Comment #35, task #14945 (project administration): Hi Karl, > a license "compatible with the GNU GPL" (the phrase on both pages) means any version of GNU GPL, present and future (that's implied in the GPL text itself). That is why or-any-later-version is required. That is why the only li

[Savannah-register-public] [task #14945] Submission of Extendable Read-Only File System

Follow-up Comment #34, task #14945 (project administration): a license "compatible with the GNU GPL" (the phrase on both pages) means any version of GNU GPL, present and future (that's implied in the GPL text itself). That is why or-any-later-version is required. That is why the only listed licens

[Savannah-register-public] [task #14945] Submission of Extendable Read-Only File System

Follow-up Comment #33, task #14945 (project administration): >This wasn't backed by facts, and even if true, I don't consider it really relevant: having exceptions doesn't invalidate the rule. And I might repeat again, the Savannah web pages currently don't express "Savannah requires GPLv3+ com

[Savannah-register-public] [task #14945] Submission of Extendable Read-Only File System

Follow-up Comment #32, task #14945 (project administration): >> 2) Considering effectively, there are projects (the whole or parts of these projects) are GPL-v2 only effectively. >This wasn't backed by facts, and even if true, I don't consider it really relevant: having exceptions doesn't inva

[Savannah-register-public] [task #14945] Submission of Extendable Read-Only File System

Follow-up Comment #31, task #14945 (project administration): >> 1) The EROFS file system can be licensed as "License: GNU General Public License v2 or later", not GPL-v2 only; >I disagree, in the context that the user would have to follow GPLv2-only terms. Please refer to: https://www.gnu.org/

[Savannah-register-public] [task #14955] Submission of synodl

Update of task #14955 (project administration): Status: In Progress => Cancelled Open/Closed:Open => Closed ___ Follow-up Comment #7: Thank you,

[Savannah-register-public] [task #14945] Submission of Extendable Read-Only File System

Follow-up Comment #30, task #14945 (project administration): > This topic is somewhat meaningless Then I'm skipping it to save the time. > 1) The EROFS file system can be licensed as "License: GNU General Public License v2 or later", not GPL-v2 only; I disagree, in the context that the user wou

[Savannah-register-public] [task #14945] Submission of Extendable Read-Only File System

Follow-up Comment #29, task #14945 (project administration): >> it also has the Linux kernel headers dependency >The point is not whether the package uses kernel headers; the point is whether it makes a single executable with the kernel. The kernel modules clearly do. I think the kernel header

[Savannah-register-public] [task #14945] Submission of Extendable Read-Only File System

Follow-up Comment #28, task #14945 (project administration): >>> 2) I think these following line is unconditional ... >>This is about exporting symbols, not about linking to the kernel. >I just want to say if you EXPORT_SYMBOL, you are using code in the kernel header files, and you are using G

[Savannah-register-public] [task #14945] Submission of Extendable Read-Only File System

Follow-up Comment #27, task #14945 (project administration): >> 2) I think these following line is unconditional ... >This is about exporting symbols, not about linking to the kernel. I just want to say if you EXPORT_SYMBOL, you are using code in the kernel header files, and you are using GPLv2

[Savannah-register-public] [task #14945] Submission of Extendable Read-Only File System

Follow-up Comment #26, task #14945 (project administration): > 1) It seems that kernel header files (GPLv2 only) are unconditionally included. This is not relevant. I've already pointed this out. Please don't repeat it unless you can demonstrate my point was wrong. > 2) I think these following l

[Savannah-register-public] [task #14945] Submission of Extendable Read-Only File System

Follow-up Comment #25, task #14945 (project administration): Hi Ineiev, > You can see that it's conditional. 1) It seems that kernel header files (GPLv2 only) are unconditionally included. 2) I think these following line is unconditional http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/rtai/vulcano/base/mall

[Savannah-register-public] [task #14955] Submission of synodl

Follow-up Comment #6, task #14955 (project administration): Hmm true, I can see that. I figured that, like a web browser, as long as the client application was free software and the API well-defined that might not be a problem. Still, I do see your point and thank you for the time you spent revie

[Savannah-register-public] [task #14945] Submission of Extendable Read-Only File System

Follow-up Comment #24, task #14945 (project administration): You can see that it's conditional. ___ Reply to this item at: ___ Message sent via Savannah

[Savannah-register-public] [task #14955] Submission of synodl

Follow-up Comment #5, task #14955 (project administration): Then your package doesn't meet Savannah hosting requirements: it has a nonfree dependency. ___ Reply to this item at:

[Savannah-register-public] [task #14955] Submission of synodl

Follow-up Comment #4, task #14955 (project administration): I don't know how it works internally. It has a well-documented API for managing it tasks and, as far as I can tell, delegates the actual downloading to one of its backends – in the case of bittorrent that would the "transmission" daemon.

[Savannah-register-public] [task #14945] Submission of Extendable Read-Only File System

Follow-up Comment #23, task #14945 (project administration): Hi Ineiev, >>> I think "Real Time Application Interface"... produces ko module. >> I don't think so. >OK, That's my guess but I am looking into these projects. please refer to, http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/rtai/vulcano/base

[Savannah-register-public] [task #14578] Submission of Generic Data Structures Library

Follow-up Comment #75, task #14578 (project administration): I' ve double-checked all files under doc subdirs. I' ve distinguished two cases: files embedded by Doxygen and files generated by Doxygen. The copyright notice of such files is now relative to this distinction. I suppose its now more acc

[Savannah-register-public] [task #14945] Submission of Extendable Read-Only File System

Follow-up Comment #22, task #14945 (project administration): Hi Ineiev, > I think "Real Time Application Interface"... produces ko module. > I don't think so. OK, That's my guess but I am looking into these projects. Thanks, Gao Xiang

[Savannah-register-public] [task #14945] Submission of Extendable Read-Only File System

Follow-up Comment #21, task #14945 (project administration): Hi Ineiev, I summary my thoughts till now: 1) the EROFS file system can be licensed as "License: GNU General Public License v2 or later", not GPL-v2 only (effectively or some other idea don't change the fact of GPLv2+). 2) the Savanna

[Savannah-register-public] [task #14945] Submission of Extendable Read-Only File System

Follow-up Comment #20, task #14945 (project administration): > I think "Real Time Application Interface"... produces ko module. I don't think so. ___ Reply to this item at: ___

[Savannah-register-public] [task #14945] Submission of Extendable Read-Only File System

Follow-up Comment #19, task #14945 (project administration): We don't need reasons to convince _you_. We need reasons to convince Savannah admins. In your latest comment (comment #18) you just repeat arguments I don't find really good. ___

[Savannah-register-public] [task #14945] Submission of Extendable Read-Only File System

Follow-up Comment #18, task #14945 (project administration): Hi Ineiev, What I say is the EROFS file system _can_ be licensed as "License: GNU General Public License v2 or later", according to https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#AllCompatibility And I still cannot find some words in the w

[Savannah-register-public] [task #14954] Submission of Alette

Update of task #14954 (project administration): Status:None => In Progress Assigned to:None => ineiev ___ Follow-up Comment #1: Could you p

[Savannah-register-public] [task #14951] Submission of hcj-js

Update of task #14951 (project administration): Status:None => In Progress Assigned to:None => ineiev ___ Follow-up Comment #1: I'm afraid

[Savannah-register-public] [task #14955] Submission of synodl

Follow-up Comment #3, task #14955 (project administration): How does DownloadStation work? Who are its providers? ___ Reply to this item at: ___ Message

[Savannah-register-public] [task #14945] Submission of Extendable Read-Only File System

Follow-up Comment #17, task #14945 (project administration): Hi Ineiev, First, gNewSense doesn't link to Linux, second, gNewSense is not a Linux distribution, it's a GNU/Linux distribution. We support your freedom of speech, but we don't lend our resources to developers who don't give the due cre

[Savannah-register-public] [task #14945] Submission of Extendable Read-Only File System

Follow-up Comment #16, task #14945 (project administration): Hi Ineiev, I think "Real Time Application Interface" is only GPLv2-only, since it uses the Linux kernel header. and I think it produces ko module. Thanks, Gao Xiang ___ Reply t

[Savannah-register-public] [task #14945] Submission of Extendable Read-Only File System

Follow-up Comment #15, task #14945 (project administration): Hello, Gao Xiang; > many projects are licensed on "GNU General Public License v2 or later" hosted on Savannah. You evidently miss the point here: we _do_ allow GPLv2+ packages; but your package is effectively GPLv2-only, that's what we

Re: [Savannah-register-public] [task #14945] Submission of Extendable Read-Only File System

On 2018/6/15 12:57, Xiang Gao wrote: I also found many Linux distributions on Savannah, eg. gNewSense Sorry about this expression. I mean all distributions which depend on the Linux kernel --- GNU/Linux distributions is more properly. Thanks, Gao Xiang