Re: How to make GNU software
- From: Ander <ander1 wanadoo es>
- To: Gnome devel <gnome-devel-list gnome org>
- Subject: Re: How to make GNU software
- Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2000 21:59:22 +0100
El dom, 26 nov 2000 21:02:06 Wolfgang Sourdeau escribió:
>
> La plume légère, à Sun, Nov 26, 2000 at 09:43:01AM -0800, heure
d'inpiration,
> Charles Iliya Krempeaux écrivait en ces mots:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > What people often call GNU software is software that has been released
under a
> > special license: the GNU GPL. You can find out more about the GNU GPL
at...
> >
> > http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
>
> That is not exact. A GNU program is a free program whose author
> has taken arrangement with the Free Software Foundation to make it part
> of the GNU Project. This arrangement implies to fulfill some conditions such
> as:
> - not make any reference to non-free software or non-free documentation;
> - release the program under the GNU GPL and its documentation under the GNU
FDL;
> - adapt this program to the other GNU programs as much as possible;
> - respect certain coding standards (the "GNU Coding Standards");
> - release documentation in the texinfo format;
>
> The respect of those conditions is quite flexible. For example, GNOME is a
> GNU project but its documentation format is based on sgml/docbook.
>
> Please refer to http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/categories.html for more
> informations on the different kind of software and free software.
>
>
> Wolfgang
> --
> A chicken is an egg's way of producing more eggs.
>
Thanks for your help, I'll visit those webs to se how to make may softwaer
gnu.
--
Ander Lozano Pérez
ander1 wanadoo es
perso.wanadoo.es/ander1/david.html
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