Re: 20th anniversary press?

[Pavel Lyalyakin]

On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 3:08 PM Julian Foad  wrote:
>
> Nathan Hartman wrote:
> > Would someone who has a LinkedIn account be kind enough to post a very
> > polite request for testimonials there?
> >
> > Also, would it be appropriate and acceptable to post this request to our
> > own users@ list?
>
> I say yes.
>
> It was said recently (as well as long ago), on the Svn PMC's [1] private
> mailing list, that a press release (PR) should be organized in private
> so it makes a "splash" (a surprise) to maximize impact in the press.  I
> understand the intent behind that, from the marketing point of view, but
> in this open community I place higher value on publicly involving
> community members who are not members of the PMC.  If that results in
> lower "splash" value, that's fine: community over PR.
>
> Still, while publicly soliciting testimonials (and any other ideas), we
> can minimize the dilution effect by collecting them and drafting the
> text in private: the press shouldn't be finding the whole thing is
> previously published.  Let's be open that that's what we're doing, and
> endeavour to include any non-PMC-members who wish to be included.  (If
> someone wants to be included in that part, e.g. seeing the draft, please
> say and we'll work to find a satisfactory way to include you.)
>
> To that end, let's ask that contacts send their actual quotes to
> private@ in the first place.  Nathan is co-ordinating the drafting and
> any privately solicited quotes there anyway, aren't you?
>
> - Julian
>
>
> [1] PMC: the project management committee, roughly equals "committers",
>  https://www.apache.org/foundation/governance/pmcs
>

Hello,

We at VisualSVN want to contribute to the press release, and I will
try to collect testimonials from our users. I will follow up on the
results in a week or so.

--
With best regards,
Pavel Lyalyakin
VisualSVN Team

Re: 20th anniversary press?

[Nathan Hartman]

On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 7:08 AM Julian Foad  wrote:
> Nathan Hartman wrote:
> > Also, would it be appropriate and acceptable to post this request to our
> > own users@ list?
>
> I say yes.
>
> It was said recently (as well as long ago), on the Svn PMC's [1] private
> mailing list, that a press release (PR) should be organized in private
> so it makes a "splash" (a surprise) to maximize impact in the press.  I
> understand the intent behind that, from the marketing point of view, but
> in this open community I place higher value on publicly involving
> community members who are not members of the PMC.  If that results in
> lower "splash" value, that's fine: community over PR.
>
> Still, while publicly soliciting testimonials (and any other ideas), we
> can minimize the dilution effect by collecting them and drafting the
> text in private: the press shouldn't be finding the whole thing is
> previously published.  Let's be open that that's what we're doing, and
> endeavour to include any non-PMC-members who wish to be included.  (If
> someone wants to be included in that part, e.g. seeing the draft, please
> say and we'll work to find a satisfactory way to include you.)
>
> To that end, let's ask that contacts send their actual quotes to
> private@ in the first place.  Nathan is co-ordinating the drafting and
> any privately solicited quotes there anyway, aren't you?

This press release is, after all, the Subversion community making an
announcement to the world!

I agree with involving the community. I measure that against (1) what
is the purpose and (2) who is the audience?

(1) The purpose (of this PR) is to increase exposure for Subversion.
The more exposure we get, the more new users and contributors. It is
something we should do more often and my motivation in this and other
efforts.

(2) From that perspective, the audience isn't those of us who are
already community members; we need to reach beyond our community,
stepping outside of our comfort zone.

We need about 5 to 7 testimonials, preferably from the corporate
world. Testimonials help answer the all-important questions "who
cares" and "who uses you?"

We have corporate and government customers. We are a component of
various commercial products. But given that this is FOSS, there are no
licenses to buy, no registrations to fill out, and I don't exactly
have a customer list.

So, I would appreciate it very much if I were not alone in seeking
testimonials. Please, take 5 minutes and shoot a few emails to people
you know, and help get these testimonials in. We have one so far. We
need several more.

We'll ask that testimonials be sent to private@ in the future.

Thanks,
Nathan

Re: 20th anniversary press?

[Julian Foad]

Nathan Hartman wrote:
Would someone who has a LinkedIn account be kind enough to post a very 
polite request for testimonials there?


Also, would it be appropriate and acceptable to post this request to our 
own users@ list?


I say yes.

It was said recently (as well as long ago), on the Svn PMC's [1] private 
mailing list, that a press release (PR) should be organized in private 
so it makes a "splash" (a surprise) to maximize impact in the press.  I 
understand the intent behind that, from the marketing point of view, but 
in this open community I place higher value on publicly involving 
community members who are not members of the PMC.  If that results in 
lower "splash" value, that's fine: community over PR.


Still, while publicly soliciting testimonials (and any other ideas), we 
can minimize the dilution effect by collecting them and drafting the 
text in private: the press shouldn't be finding the whole thing is 
previously published.  Let's be open that that's what we're doing, and 
endeavour to include any non-PMC-members who wish to be included.  (If 
someone wants to be included in that part, e.g. seeing the draft, please 
say and we'll work to find a satisfactory way to include you.)


To that end, let's ask that contacts send their actual quotes to 
private@ in the first place.  Nathan is co-ordinating the drafting and 
any privately solicited quotes there anyway, aren't you?


- Julian


[1] PMC: the project management committee, roughly equals "committers",
https://www.apache.org/foundation/governance/pmcs

Re: 20th anniversary press?

[Nathan Hartman]

On Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 11:55 AM Markus Schaber  wrote:
> <<
> CODESYS is the market-leading IDE for the realization of industrial IEC 
> 61131-3 applications. More than 100,000 users worldwide use the tool to 
> implement application software, e.g. for the automation of factories and 
> plants, mobile machines, buildings, and power systems. They use CODESYS not 
> only for programming logic functions, but also for generating graphical user 
> interfaces, coordinated movements and communication with field devices or 
> cloud services.
>
> For our product development, reliable and powerful version management is 
> essential. We have found this asset in Subversion. Today, more than 100 of 
> our employees regularly work with the tool. Several million lines of source 
> code are stored in our Subversion repository.
>
> The concept of Subversion has convinced us to such an extent that with 
> CODESYS SVN, we were the first company to develop a connected product for the 
> area of industrial automation. With CODESYS SVN, software applications can be 
> edited and managed easily in teams. Since the product launch in the CODESYS 
> Store, we have experienced a strong demand.
>
> We congratulate the Subversion community on its 20th anniversary!
> >>
> Source: Roland Wagner, Head of Product Marketing, CODESYS Group

(Forgot to "reply all"...)

Thank you very much to Markus, Roland, and CODESYS. I'll provide your
testimonial to Sally for our press release.

Warmest regards,
Nathan

AW: 20th anniversary press?

[Markus Schaber]

Hi, Nathan,

Here’s our testimonial:

<<
CODESYS is the market-leading IDE for the realization of industrial IEC 61131-3 
applications. More than 100,000 users worldwide use the tool to implement 
application software, e.g. for the automation of factories and plants, mobile 
machines, buildings, and power systems. They use CODESYS not only for 
programming logic functions, but also for generating graphical user interfaces, 
coordinated movements and communication with field devices or cloud services.

For our product development, reliable and powerful version management is 
essential. We have found this asset in Subversion. Today, more than 100 of our 
employees regularly work with the tool. Several million lines of source code 
are stored in our Subversion repository.

The concept of Subversion has convinced us to such an extent that with CODESYS 
SVN, we were the first company to develop a connected product for the area of 
industrial automation. With CODESYS SVN, software applications can be edited 
and managed easily in teams. Since the product launch in the CODESYS Store, we 
have experienced a strong demand.

We congratulate the Subversion community on its 20th anniversary!
>>
Source: Roland Wagner, Head of Product Marketing, CODESYS Group


If useful, we can also provide a Photo of him, or the CODESYS Logo.


Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards

Markus Schaber

CODESYS Group
We software Automation.

CODESYS Development GmbH
A member of the CODESYS Group

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Hello, Nathan,

Ok, our marketing department is working on it. ☺

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards

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An: Markus Schaber mailto:m.scha...@codesys.com>>
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Betreff: Re: 20th anniversary press?

On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 5:05 AM Markus Schaber 
mailto:m.scha...@codesys.com>> wrote:
maybe we’re not „high profile“ enough as we’re in a pretty niche market, but I 
talked to our marketing d

AW: 20th anniversary press?

[Markus Schaber]

Hello, Nathan,

Ok, our marketing department is working on it. ☺

Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards

Markus Schaber

CODESYS Group
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CODESYS Development GmbH
A member of the CODESYS Group

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Von: Nathan Hartman 
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 16. Januar 2020 12:12
An: Markus Schaber 
Cc: Subversion Development 
Betreff: Re: 20th anniversary press?

On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 5:05 AM Markus Schaber 
mailto:m.scha...@codesys.com>> wrote:
maybe we’re not „high profile“ enough as we’re in a pretty niche market, but I 
talked to our marketing department and we could provide a testimonial. We’re 
using SVN both as source control system for most of our product developments, 
as well as part of one of our products (CODESYS SVN) which connects the CODESYS 
IDE to SVN repositories.

Hello Markus,

Thank you for your message. Yes, we'll appreciate very much if you could 
provide a testimonial!

Best regards,
Nathan

Re: 20th anniversary press?

[Nathan Hartman]

On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 3:14 PM Doug Robinson 
wrote:

> It's super cool that Subversion's birthday is Leap Day 2000. [1]
>>
>> I think it's a great idea to celebrate with a press release.
>>
>
> There's a LinkedIn discussion group for SVN (and CVS) [3].  Perhaps
> posting there might get some testimonials?
>
> [3] https://www.linkedin.com/groups/157593/
>

Thanks for mentioning that.

Would someone who has a LinkedIn account be kind enough to post a very
polite request for testimonials there? (for our 20th anniversary press
release)

Also, would it be appropriate and acceptable to post this request to our
own users@ list?

I feel we should make the most of every marketing opportunity.

Thanks,
Nathan

Re: 20th anniversary press?

[Doug Robinson]

Folks:

On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 9:21 AM Nathan Hartman 
wrote:

> Daniel Shahaf  wrote:
> >
> > We're coming up on the 20th anniversary of the first commit to
> > Subversion's CVS repository:
> >
> > [[[
> > % svn log ^/subversion -r 0:HEAD -l 3 | vipe
> > 
> > r836421 | kfogel | 2000-02-29 20:32:07 -0600 (Tue, 29 Feb 2000) | 2 lines
> > Changed paths:
> > A /subversion/trunk/src
> > A /subversion/trunk/src/LICENSE
> >
> > initial checkin
> >
> > 
> > % ]]]
> >
> > Sounds like an excuse to do a press release?  Or something to mention in
> > the announcement of 1.14.0-LTS, at least?
>
>
> It's super cool that Subversion's birthday is Leap Day 2000. [1]
>
> I think it's a great idea to celebrate with a press release.
>

There's a LinkedIn discussion group for SVN (and CVS) [3].  Perhaps posting
there might get some testimonials?

[3] https://www.linkedin.com/groups/157593/

Cheers.

Doug


> [1] That day is cool for a variety of reasons. It's the year 2000. It
> has a leap day, contrary to most years divisible by 100 (because it's
> also divisible by 400 [2]). And it's the birthday of the best version
> control system ever!
>
> [2] https://www.timeanddate.com/date/leapyear.html
>
> Nathan
>


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Re: 20th anniversary press?

[Nathan Hartman]

On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 5:05 AM Markus Schaber 
wrote:

> maybe we’re not „high profile“ enough as we’re in a pretty niche market,
> but I talked to our marketing department and we could provide a
> testimonial. We’re using SVN both as source control system for most of our
> product developments, as well as part of one of our products (CODESYS SVN)
> which connects the CODESYS IDE to SVN repositories.
>

Hello Markus,

Thank you for your message. Yes, we'll appreciate very much if you could
provide a testimonial!

Best regards,
Nathan

AW: 20th anniversary press?

[Markus Schaber]

Hi,

maybe we’re not „high profile“ enough as we’re in a pretty niche market, but I 
talked to our marketing department and we could provide a testimonial. We’re 
using SVN both as source control system for most of our product developments, 
as well as part of one of our products (CODESYS SVN) which connects the CODESYS 
IDE to SVN repositories.


Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best regards

Markus Schaber

CODESYS Group
We software Automation.

CODESYS Development GmbH
A member of the CODESYS Group

Dipl.-Inf. Markus Schaber | Team Leader Automation Server
Tobias-Dannheimer-Str. 5 | 87439 Kempten | Germany
Tel. +49-831-54031-979
m.scha...@codesys.com<mailto:m.scha...@codesys.com> | 
codesys.com<https://www.codesys.com>

CODESYS Store: store.codesys.com<https://store.codesys.com>
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Von: Nathan Hartman 
Gesendet: Freitag, 10. Januar 2020 15:38
An: Daniel Shahaf 
Cc: Subversion Development 
Betreff: Re: 20th anniversary press?

On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 2:28 PM Nathan Hartman 
mailto:hartman.nat...@gmail.com>> wrote:
On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 9:00 AM Daniel Shahaf 
mailto:d...@daniel.shahaf.name>> wrote:
Nathan Hartman wrote on Mon, Jan 06, 2020 at 09:21:33 -0500:
> Daniel Shahaf mailto:d...@daniel.shahaf.name>> wrote:
> >
> > We're coming up on the 20th anniversary of the first commit to
> > Subversion's CVS repository:
> >
> > [[[
> > % svn log ^/subversion -r 0:HEAD -l 3 | vipe
> > 
> > r836421 | kfogel | 2000-02-29 20:32:07 -0600 (Tue, 29 Feb 2000) | 2 lines
> > Changed paths:
> > A /subversion/trunk/src
> > A /subversion/trunk/src/LICENSE
> >
> > initial checkin
> >
> > 
> > % ]]]
> >
> > Sounds like an excuse to do a press release?  Or something to mention in
> > the announcement of 1.14.0-LTS, at least?
>
>
> It's super cool that Subversion's birthday is Leap Day 2000. [1]
>
> I think it's a great idea to celebrate with a press release.
>
> Let me know how I can help.

Would you like to liaise with Sally / press@ about this?

Sure. I'll be happy to.

According to Sally, for the press release to be meaningful, we should secure 
some testimonials from highly-visible users, preferably corporate. Apparently 
the first question the media asks is "who uses you."

It's up to us to secure those testimonials. This is pretty important. The 
biggest thing we can do to gain more help around here is to attract more 
interest and awareness.

We have corporate (and even government) customers who have posted questions to 
users@. I propose to ask there. I'm asking here first: Please ask (very nicely) 
any contacts you may have.

Thanks,
Nathan

Re: 20th anniversary press?

[Doug Robinson]

Nathan:

Let me see what we can do.

Cheers.

Doug

On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 10:20 AM Nathan Hartman 
wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 10:07 AM Doug Robinson 
> wrote:
>
>> Folks:
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 9:21 AM Nathan Hartman 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> It's super cool that Subversion's birthday is Leap Day 2000. [1]
>>>
>>
>> That's amazing!  First commit on a leap day?!  Cool.
>>
>
> Not just any leap day, one that happens only every 400 years.
>
> Let me know if WANdisco can help the celebration in any way.
>>
>
> We need testimonials, preferably from highly visible corporate users;
> anything that answers the question "Who uses Subversion?" for the press
> release.
>
> If you can help us secure some testimonials, that will be very helpful and
> much appreciated!
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
>
>

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Re: 20th anniversary press?

[Nathan Hartman]

On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 10:07 AM Doug Robinson 
wrote:

> Folks:
>
> On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 9:21 AM Nathan Hartman 
> wrote:
>
>> It's super cool that Subversion's birthday is Leap Day 2000. [1]
>>
>
> That's amazing!  First commit on a leap day?!  Cool.
>

Not just any leap day, one that happens only every 400 years.

Let me know if WANdisco can help the celebration in any way.
>

We need testimonials, preferably from highly visible corporate users;
anything that answers the question "Who uses Subversion?" for the press
release.

If you can help us secure some testimonials, that will be very helpful and
much appreciated!

Cheers,
Nathan

Re: 20th anniversary press?

[Doug Robinson]

Folks:

On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 9:21 AM Nathan Hartman 
wrote:

> Daniel Shahaf  wrote:
> >
> > We're coming up on the 20th anniversary of the first commit to
> > Subversion's CVS repository:
> >
> > [[[
> > % svn log ^/subversion -r 0:HEAD -l 3 | vipe
> > 
> > r836421 | kfogel | 2000-02-29 20:32:07 -0600 (Tue, 29 Feb 2000) | 2 lines
> > Changed paths:
> > A /subversion/trunk/src
> > A /subversion/trunk/src/LICENSE
> >
> > initial checkin
> >
> > 
> > % ]]]
> >
> > Sounds like an excuse to do a press release?  Or something to mention in
> > the announcement of 1.14.0-LTS, at least?
>
> It's super cool that Subversion's birthday is Leap Day 2000. [1]
>

That's amazing!  First commit on a leap day?!  Cool.


> I think it's a great idea to celebrate with a press release.
>

Let me know if WANdisco can help the celebration in any way.

Cheers.

Doug


>
> Let me know how I can help.
>
>
> [1] That day is cool for a variety of reasons. It's the year 2000. It
> has a leap day, contrary to most years divisible by 100 (because it's
> also divisible by 400 [2]). And it's the birthday of the best version
> control system ever!
>
> [2] https://www.timeanddate.com/date/leapyear.html
>
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Re: 20th anniversary press?

[Nathan Hartman]

On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 2:28 PM Nathan Hartman 
wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 9:00 AM Daniel Shahaf 
> wrote:
>
>> Nathan Hartman wrote on Mon, Jan 06, 2020 at 09:21:33 -0500:
>> > Daniel Shahaf  wrote:
>> > >
>> > > We're coming up on the 20th anniversary of the first commit to
>> > > Subversion's CVS repository:
>> > >
>> > > [[[
>> > > % svn log ^/subversion -r 0:HEAD -l 3 | vipe
>> > >
>> 
>> > > r836421 | kfogel | 2000-02-29 20:32:07 -0600 (Tue, 29 Feb 2000) | 2
>> lines
>> > > Changed paths:
>> > > A /subversion/trunk/src
>> > > A /subversion/trunk/src/LICENSE
>> > >
>> > > initial checkin
>> > >
>> > >
>> 
>> > > % ]]]
>> > >
>> > > Sounds like an excuse to do a press release?  Or something to mention
>> in
>> > > the announcement of 1.14.0-LTS, at least?
>> >
>> >
>> > It's super cool that Subversion's birthday is Leap Day 2000. [1]
>> >
>> > I think it's a great idea to celebrate with a press release.
>> >
>> > Let me know how I can help.
>>
>> Would you like to liaise with Sally / press@ about this?
>
>
> Sure. I'll be happy to.
>

According to Sally, for the press release to be meaningful, we should
secure some testimonials from highly-visible users, preferably corporate.
Apparently the first question the media asks is "who uses you."

It's up to us to secure those testimonials. This is pretty important. The
biggest thing we can do to gain more help around here is to attract more
interest and awareness.

We have corporate (and even government) customers who have posted questions
to users@. I propose to ask there. I'm asking here first: Please ask (very
nicely) any contacts you may have.

Thanks,
Nathan

Re: 20th anniversary press?

[Nathan Hartman]

On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 9:00 AM Daniel Shahaf  wrote:

> Nathan Hartman wrote on Mon, Jan 06, 2020 at 09:21:33 -0500:
> > Daniel Shahaf  wrote:
> > >
> > > We're coming up on the 20th anniversary of the first commit to
> > > Subversion's CVS repository:
> > >
> > > [[[
> > > % svn log ^/subversion -r 0:HEAD -l 3 | vipe
> > >
> 
> > > r836421 | kfogel | 2000-02-29 20:32:07 -0600 (Tue, 29 Feb 2000) | 2
> lines
> > > Changed paths:
> > > A /subversion/trunk/src
> > > A /subversion/trunk/src/LICENSE
> > >
> > > initial checkin
> > >
> > >
> 
> > > % ]]]
> > >
> > > Sounds like an excuse to do a press release?  Or something to mention
> in
> > > the announcement of 1.14.0-LTS, at least?
> >
> >
> > It's super cool that Subversion's birthday is Leap Day 2000. [1]
> >
> > I think it's a great idea to celebrate with a press release.
> >
> > Let me know how I can help.
>
> Would you like to liaise with Sally / press@ about this?


Sure. I'll be happy to.

Thanks,
Nathan

Re: 20th anniversary press?

[Daniel Shahaf]

Nathan Hartman wrote on Mon, Jan 06, 2020 at 09:21:33 -0500:
> Daniel Shahaf  wrote:
> >
> > We're coming up on the 20th anniversary of the first commit to
> > Subversion's CVS repository:
> >
> > [[[
> > % svn log ^/subversion -r 0:HEAD -l 3 | vipe
> > 
> > r836421 | kfogel | 2000-02-29 20:32:07 -0600 (Tue, 29 Feb 2000) | 2 lines
> > Changed paths:
> > A /subversion/trunk/src
> > A /subversion/trunk/src/LICENSE
> >
> > initial checkin
> >
> > 
> > % ]]]
> >
> > Sounds like an excuse to do a press release?  Or something to mention in
> > the announcement of 1.14.0-LTS, at least?
> 
> 
> It's super cool that Subversion's birthday is Leap Day 2000. [1]
> 
> I think it's a great idea to celebrate with a press release.
> 
> Let me know how I can help.

Would you like to liaise with Sally / press@ about this?

Cheers,

Daniel

Re: 20th anniversary press?

[Nathan Hartman]

Daniel Shahaf  wrote:
>
> We're coming up on the 20th anniversary of the first commit to
> Subversion's CVS repository:
>
> [[[
> % svn log ^/subversion -r 0:HEAD -l 3 | vipe
> 
> r836421 | kfogel | 2000-02-29 20:32:07 -0600 (Tue, 29 Feb 2000) | 2 lines
> Changed paths:
> A /subversion/trunk/src
> A /subversion/trunk/src/LICENSE
>
> initial checkin
>
> 
> % ]]]
>
> Sounds like an excuse to do a press release?  Or something to mention in
> the announcement of 1.14.0-LTS, at least?


It's super cool that Subversion's birthday is Leap Day 2000. [1]

I think it's a great idea to celebrate with a press release.

Let me know how I can help.


[1] That day is cool for a variety of reasons. It's the year 2000. It
has a leap day, contrary to most years divisible by 100 (because it's
also divisible by 400 [2]). And it's the birthday of the best version
control system ever!

[2] https://www.timeanddate.com/date/leapyear.html

Nathan

20th anniversary press?

[Julian Foad]

Forwarding, with permission:

 Forwarded Message 
Subject: 20th anniversary press?
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2020 12:15:16 +
From: Daniel Shahaf 
To: priv...@subversion.apache.org

We're coming up on the 20th anniversary of the first commit to
Subversion's CVS repository:

[[[
% svn log ^/subversion -r 0:HEAD -l 3 | vipe

r836421 | kfogel | 2000-02-29 20:32:07 -0600 (Tue, 29 Feb 2000) | 2 lines
Changed paths:
   A /subversion/trunk/src
   A /subversion/trunk/src/LICENSE

initial checkin


% ]]]

Sounds like an excuse to do a press release?  Or something to mention in
the announcement of 1.14.0-LTS, at least?