Hello everyone, I belive that i have already asked about sourceforge on this list befour, and found out that i could not host on em becours of the license terms with the source, but i tryed anyways, but just to see what would happen.
I submitted for an account, included both my license & the licenses for diku/merc/rom. my license was pritty small. * Obay the Diku / Merc & Rom license. * Keep my name & copyright in the login. * Dont changes the help 'Smud', it will be kept as shipped. * Have Fun. First i got rejected, but i was counting on that, as i had an backup plan. Told souceforge that i would like to know the exact reason why my project (Smud) could not be accepted. And listed about 10 - 20 other projects on sourceforge.net that was/is useing diku related code. Took em quite some time to explane, and i would just love to show you why, maybe you could make i more readable for me heh. This is the Thread: >>> Mail to me <<< > Your project registration for SourceForge has been denied. > > Project Full Name: Smud > Project Unix Name: kawaki > > Reasons for negative decision: > > Greetings, > > SourceForge.net provides hosting to Open Source software development projects. > It appears that your project is developing software, but that you have selected a license which is > not an OSI-approved Open Source license. > The license you have selected also does not appear to meet all of the requirements of the > Open Source Definition provided by the OSI. > > We ask that you review your license selection; should you wish to use an OSI-approved license > or a license which meets all of the requirements of the Open Source Definition, > we will gladly review your project registration again, at your request. > In order to remedy this situation, please login to the SourceForge.net site, then submit a support request. > Subject for the support request should be 'Project registration rejected'. > The body of the support request should state the UNIX name for your projec t and a description of the license > which has been selected for this project. > Once your support request is received, a member of the SourceForge.net team will review your project registration. > If you are not sure why your project has been rejected, please submit a support request and ask; we'll be glad to justify this initial rejection. > > To submit a support request, first login to the SourceForge.net site, then go to the following > URL: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=1&atid=200001 > > Questions or concerns regarding this matter should be directed to the SourceForge.net staff by submitting a support request. > > Thank you, > > SourceForge.net support team >>> Mail from me <<< > Support Requests item #544793, was opened at 2002-04-16 11:08 > You can respond by visiting: > http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=200001&aid=544793&group_id= 1 > > Category: Project Registration Issue > Group: Second Level Support > Status: Open > Priority: 4 > Submitted By: Michael Gerner Andreasen (kawaki) > Assigned to: Jacob Moorman (moorman) > Summary: Project registration rejection: kawaki* > > Initial Comment: > Unix name: kawaki > Project name: Smud > > Would just want to know exactly what part of the > licenses that was the reason why Smud was rejected. > > I know other projects on sourceforge that includes > parts of this software and even is a child from the > code that we start off with, and the licenses apply to > em allso, will show a few examples for you so you > bettere undrestand: > > * http://sourceforge.net/projects/swr2/ > * http://sourceforge.net/projects/symbiotica/ > * http://sourceforge.net/projects/startermud/ > * http://sourceforge.net/projects/dbzwinmud/ > * http://sourceforge.net/projects/dwmud/ > * http://sourceforge.net/projects/tzevaer/ > * http://sourceforge.net/projects/openmudengine/ > (i could be wrong about this one, sorry) > * http://sourceforge.net/projects/yaemud/ > ( this is a child from evny mud, evnys parrent was > merc and mercs parrent was dikumud so thay have to > apply to the license to then) > * http://sourceforge.net/projects/deadlands/ > * http://sourceforge.net/projects/tearsofhope/ > * http://sourceforge.net/projects/mudmaker/ > (i could once again be very wrong but thay do talk > about diku in the description) > * http://sourceforge.net/projects/symbiotica/ > * http://sourceforge.net/projects/havok/ > * http://sourceforge.net/projects/strive/ > * http://sourceforge.net/projects/sludge/ > * http://sourceforge.net/projects/rpgsys/ > * http://sourceforge.net/projects/nfsmud/ > > I could list hundereds of em how many would you like? > if it is anything with in the license that i showed, > then all this projects + lotsa more are breaking the > law, you investegate and come to your dission, but i > would just like to have a home where i have cvs, the > ability to let others look at what i/we have done and > even let em join the project without haveing to > manages the work our self, i like to play with linux > and server setnings, but when it comes to this project > i would rathere code on this instead of keeping track > is system updates and lost inodes. > > hope you kan help, the file i included include the rom > the merc and the diku license, the diku license applys > to 98% of all the abov links, have a niceday >=) >>> Mail to me <<< > Comment By: Trae McCombs (mccombs) > Date: 2002-04-16 11:30 > > Message: > Logged In: YES > user_id=285982 > > Greetings, > > Thank you for taking the time to report this issue. The > SourceForge.net team takes all reported issues seriously and will > provide the fastest and most complete response to your issue that > we may. > > As new support requests arrive, a member of the SourceForge.net > team performs triage (a process in which things are ranked in > terms of importance or priority) on these requests; changing the > priority, description, and assignment; as to ensure that an issue > will be handled by the right member of the SourceForge.net team, > with an appropriate level of priority. > > Within this project (alexandria), we use the Priority field on > Support Requests solely for sorting purposes. Changing the > priority or assignment on this support request will only delay > the processing of this issue. > > ABOUT YOUR ISSUE: This support request appears to have been > submitted in response to a project registration rejection notice; > as with all other issues of this nature, we have flagged this > request as Priority 4, for sorting purposes. This support > request will be reviewed by a member of the SourceForge.net > support team. > > If we require additional information when this issue is reviewed > by SourceForge.net staff, we will add a comment to this support > request (which will generate an e-mail to you asking for the > information we require). If there is some reason why > SourceForge.net is unable to host your project, we will provide > specific details at that time. > > If you reported that you are not sure why your original project > registration was rejected, we will add a comment to this support > request detailing that information when your support request is > reviewed by SourceForge.net staff. This detail will likely > consist of questions from the SourceForge.net staff about your > project; pending response to any questions we send to you, your > project registration will be reconsidered. > > INQUIRING ABOUT THE STATUS OF THIS ISSUE: Should you have > questions or concerns regarding the status of this issue, simply > add a comment to this support request. All comments you post to > this support request will be received by the SourceForge.net team > member who has been assigned this issue. > > Thank you, > > SourceForge.net support > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > You can respond by visiting: > http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=200001&aid=544793&group_id= 1 >>> Mail from me <<< > Comment By: Michael Gerner Andreasen (kawaki) > Date: 2002-04-17 19:03 > > Message: > Logged In: YES > user_id=264978 > > Would just like to know what is beeing done on this, and > maybe what others in the sourceforge staff has sed about this tropic. >>> Mail to me <<< bla bla bla, again an autoresponder. >>> Mail from me <<< > Comment By: Michael Gerner Andreasen (kawaki) > Date: 2002-04-16 20:33 > > Message: > Logged In: YES > user_id=264978 > > Maybe you should make an mudforge.net where theis licenses > terms would be accepted, but thats up to you, and what do > you intend to do with the already accepted projects if you > deny Smud the right to sourceforge becourse of the license > Smud and the other projects have to apply to? > > And what is someone started sub projects, form a project > that was an original dikumud but got accepted here as an > GPL or other osd licenses and continuede the development? i > would like to see a responce to this Asap. >>> Mail to me <<< > Comment By: Jacob Moorman (moorman) > Date: 2002-04-19 08:10 > > Message: > Logged In: YES > user_id=152443 > > Greetings, > > We recognize that SourceForge.net has provided hosting > for a number of similar diku-derivative projects in the > past. This hosting was approved prior to the re-evaluation > of the project approval process. Each new project submitted > for hosting on SourceForge.net is considered on its own > merits; prior hosting approval of similar projects is not > considered when reviewing project registrations. At this > time, SourceForge.net is only providing new hosting to > software development projects which use OSI-approved > licenses, and those projects which have been reviewed as > result of one of the two exceptions (community projects, > and those which use licenses in compliance with the Open > Source Definition). The Diku MUD license is not compliant > with the requirements to be considered Open Source software; > SourceForge.net will not provide hosting for software under > this license. > > Please let me know if you should have further questions or > concerns regarding this matter. > > Thank you, > > Jacob Moorman > Quality of Service Manager, SourceForge.net >>> Next mail from me <<< (proberly) This Fu*king Suc*s. Plz, dont flame!!! plz. as i have been so quite this past few mounths, and dont say that i cant spell right, as i already know this.
