Hi Michael and everyone - John Sullivan (FSF executive director) suggested that the Free Software Directory and Savannah could mutually benefit from a couple simple connections. Both the FSD and Savannah do very nearly the same review -- proper licensing. In theory, to the same point of checking individual files as we do.
Thus, we could put a link on the review page to a search of the directory, and if it's been reviewed already for the directory, shortcut the review. One thing to watch out for, though: the directory (by design) accepts any free software license, while savannah (by design) accepts only gpl-compatible licenses. It's rarely an issue in practice, but gotta be aware. We could also put a box on the registration page so that if a package is already in the fsd, they can tell us the name. That will hopefully also have the effect of increasing submissions to the directory, which is a good thing in principle. Wdyt? k
