-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 2012-05-15 03:55, Robert J. Hansen wrote: > On 5/14/2012 9:41 PM, John Clizbe wrote: >> I hereby inquire as to the availability of source code for your >> release.
... > > I'm not one of these people who believes forks are evil and must > be avoided. Forks can foster wild creativity: look at, e.g., gcc > => egcs. But just as egcs had the courtesy to stop calling > themselves gcc (until such time as egcs became officially blessed > by the gcc devs as the next release of gcc), this package needs to > have the same courtesy. > > I believe that if source is published and the name of the package > is changed, this will address pretty much all the concerns voiced > by people on this list. > > So, my requests: > > 1. Source code 2. Change of name 3. An end to all this useless > squabbling Hi, I have started pondering on policy regarding a possible fork and its criteria for inclusion in the main pool of sks-keyservers.net Currently I have the following requirements: (i) A forked project MUST use a separate name from SKS (ii) The separate name MUST be identifiable in the status page of the server under a Software heading * (iii) The forked project SHOULD use its own versioning (iv) The forked project SHOULD implement a SKS_recon compatibility variable based on the branch of the official SKS it is merged from, and that is transmitted as version in the recon process. [*] As a starting point; This can be accomplished, e.g. by using the patch from http://kfwebs.com/patch-sks-fork.patch - -- - ---------------------------- Kristian Fiskerstrand http://www.sumptuouscapital.com Twitter: @krifisk - ---------------------------- Corruptissima re publica plurimæ leges The greater the degeneration of the republic, the more of its laws - ---------------------------- This email was digitally signed using the OpenPGP standard. If you want to read more about this The book: Sending Emails - The Safe Way: An introduction to OpenPGP security is now available in both Amazon Kindle and Paperback format at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006RSG1S4/ - ---------------------------- Public PGP key 0xE3EDFAE3 at http://www.sumptuouscapital.com/pgp/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJPtrRhAAoJEBbgz41rC5UIlCEP/1jAcaGwycK/h+1i/Z7GJZUW vJ2Scqup39VNA0iBU+UL87yBaWIDKWawBZYAN6vyFZTPuRHwLFV7jMN8nU5pmfJk d6VDAkjyehJJ+jm8MWGHCdpA797ZZ5rEbZTRS+BoIkMQOiCFj8S2pdJhMWJ4OFrj cDWjyG6OqXZQdf8IZ0bZsUzC4PxZJwswgEDClk/wxcRpCoRxuc0i8SUepkVeRBxe t1H8ZxL0K00tV9fwS4CDM4s+OE/7ILYwFU8Awddpn4vQ5fdz890aOiWjMdB9ZpT1 VoxlKJHw5O+kkfV8gYWAcWHyUTarGPT6OtoXwJvoSZPhFMnfkqeIcNmg98tcIweB 8ieUK0jFjkRNI52S22OpCo3BjKJhtHm2cYESa4/9EmaAarnZ69sZsgfCDOP20AqV R7MPV3sI82xv3TDhyn8CpA2hVK8EThRhuqAvx38Ejcn5zdvFfP/6eWTA+Lmivjtw baEFyxEj0jZPYGIZv4D4r1IH2H1Ua6OKiLsa+56mW+uiucjl41+leHtpdisCfDoG C/7ShkqJnIM+30JLiebY8XLdRPdm/aPxZS5fgnQZ5GrOihBDcc4Fwsh6hkNdsPwM eZedfR2tYd1rZzJMOotywNTVZkzrLTEp7dKPOhC8Skgeikq3RaFnzGXh25yez5kj 8EG7+P9uDr/u/owOP/w3 =xMju -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Sks-devel mailing list Sks-devel@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/sks-devel