I believe that this is a good idea (for the sake of making the language ubiquitous, like Ruby, Perl, and Python), though there is an issue that I don't understand but that may make doing what you suggest complex:
Much of the code in the Icon Program Library, as well as Icon, are in the public domain (i.e., distributed without a license, see http://www.rosenlaw.com/html/GL15a.pdf), where it was placed long before the GPL was well known. (I have not even heard what the licensing terms are for Unicon.) If something is already in the public domain, then nobody owns it, so who can assume the authority to put it under the protection of the GPL/LGPL?
-Art
Jose E. Marchesi wrote:
Hi,
I am new to this list. I have been programming in Icon since two
years, and recently discovered UNICON.
My academic and professional interests are in programming languages
theory and implementation. My plan is to contribute to the unicon
development (specially in optimization issues).
Also, i am a GNU activist, coordinating GNU Spain, and a member of the
FSF (Free Software Foundation).
I would like to ask you for the possibility of make an official GNU
package for UNICON. I could maintain the unicon GNU package.
The advantages of being a GNU package are:
- A webpage in http://www.gnu.org/software/unicon
- An entry in http://www.gnu.org/directory
- An ftp in ftp://ftp.gnu.org/
- An ftp for alpha releases in ftp://alpha.gnu.org
- If you want, a project in the GNU sf-like web development
interface http://savannah.gnu.org
- Two mailing lists: [EMAIL PROTECTED] for help to users, and
[EMAIL PROTECTED] for development.
- GNU/Linux distributions (as Debian, RedHat, Suse, etc) usually go
for source tarballs to ftp.gnu.org, so the chance of unicon being
included in these distributions increase. So would be easy for unicon
for achieve the status of the reference Icon implementation in
GNU/Linux systems.
Please note that the fact a GNU package exist doesnt imply some kind
of dependency to the GNU Project. Simply, i would maintain the
webpage (with a link to your webpage), the ftp and the cvs with the
latest tarballs.
What do you think?
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realists' say that profit is the only ideal...just ignore them, and
use copyleft all the same." -- RMS
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