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task #9063: Submission of GAUN

Submitter:  Ben Weissmann <bweissma>
Submitted:  Thu 29 Jan 2009 03:20:31 AM UTC
   
 
Should Start On:  Wed 28 Jan 2009 05:00:00 AM UTC Should be Finished on:  Sat 07 Feb 2009 05:00:00 AM UTC
Category:  Project Approval Priority:  * 5 - Normal
Status:  Done Privacy:  Public
Assigned to:  sgerhardt Open/Closed:  Closed
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Fri 30 Jan 2009 08:25:39 AM UTC, comment #3: 

Hello,

this is acceptable, though uncommon.
I recommend to put contact info into the your copyright line and the rest into extra lines.
"Copyright (C) 2009 Ben Weissmann <your@mail>"

Usually, not every contributor gets copyright on all files and neither wants to claim it. Instead, people who have done considerable work get listed explicitly in the concerning file.
(In a different line)
The others are not mentioned in the context of copyright but instead in the form of a thank you notice. So to be on the safe side, I advice to do likewise.

But anyway, your project can be approved now.

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Project name: GAUN
Reviewed archive: https://savannah.gnu.org/task/download.php?file_id=17353


Licensing:
The complete project is licensed GPL compatible. (OK)
A copy of the verbatim license is included. (OK)
All non-trivial source files bear an appropriate copyright & license notice on the top. (OK)

Description:
Intelligible. (OK)

Dependencies:
Neither proprietary dependencies nor recommendations. (OK)

Terms used:
No terms contradicting the goals of the Free Software movement have been found. (OK)
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Project approved.

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Welcome aboard. You will receive further instructions for your account in due course.

Good luck with your project.

Sebastian Gerhardt <sgerhardt>
Fri 30 Jan 2009 01:54:09 AM UTC, comment #2: 

Thank you for your prompt reply! I've attached an updated version. The copyright notice in all the files now reads:

"Copyright (C) 2009 Ben Weissmann and other GAUN Contributors, see the documentation in /gaun.rb for a full list."

Please let me know if this is acceptable.

Thanks,
Ben

Ben Weissmann <bweissma>
Thu 29 Jan 2009 06:04:50 PM UTC, comment #1: 

Hi,

persons or legal entities can be copyright holders. The name should be listed explicitly in the copyright line. Please do not just give a pointer to a different file.

It will be sufficient if you as the main copyright holder put your name to the line and write below it a text like "For a full list of the contributing authors see ..."

Sebastian Gerhardt <sgerhardt>
Thu 29 Jan 2009 03:20:31 AM UTC, original submission:  

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  • Name: GAUN
  • System Name:  gaun
  • Type: non-GNU software & documentation
  • License: GNU General Public License v3 or later





Description:

GAUN (GAUss's Notebook) is interactive number theory software. Conceptually, it is similar to Sage (http://www.sagemath.org/), however, it is specifically designed to work with number theory, rather than general mathematics. It is essentially a number of extensions to the Ruby language which provide facilities for performing number theory operations. Ruby is a very simple, yet very powerful, scripting language similar to python or perl. Becuase of this, users of GAUN can either use it on a very basic level (by typing commands such as "4234.divisors" into the interactive console), or integrate it with their own programs (by using a 'require' statement for another program).

GAUN aims to assist number theorists with their work by providing a simple way to perform number thoery computations - the idea is that it would be used while the mathematicians are working to test hypotheses, generate examples, and experiment with numbers. At my school, it is already being used in this way.

A major focus of GAUN is to be well-documented and stable. GAUN makes use of a in-code documentation format, rdoc, that can be automatically converted into HTML or texinfo documentation. Additionally, unit tests are automatically generated from usage examples during the development process to ensure that all parts of GAUN behave properly.

GAUN strives to be the most powerful and flexible number theory software, free or proprietary. By working closely with users, mathematicians, and programmers, I hope to put together a program that will enable mathematicians to explore number theory more productively.

Currently, GAUN the "pre-alpha", but I hope to make a public alpha release within a few weeks - there are just a few more additions to be made.


Other Software Required:

The Ruby interpreter (http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/) licensed under the ruby license (http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/LICENSE.txt) or the GPL.


Other Comments:

A note on documentation: Distributions of GAUN will be distributed with a reference manual. This will e automatically generated from the sources of GAUN (from the comments in the source code), so this manual will be licensed under the GPL, rather than the FDL, as that is what the sources are licensed under. I also plan to make a user maual; that manual would be licensed under the FDL.


Tarball URL:

http://savannah.gnu.org/submissions_uploads/gaun-0.1.0-prealpha.tar.gz


Ben Weissmann <bweissma>

 

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file #17353:  gaun-0.1.0-prealpha.tar.gz added by None (23KiB - binary/octet-stream - Ok, i've changed all the copyright noticies. They now read "Copyright (C) 2009 Ben Weissmann and other GAUN Contributors, see the documentation in /gaun.rb for a full list." I've attached an updated tarball. Thanks!)

 

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