[admin] Closer Project Proposal

[Mario Mommer]

Hi Pascal!

Pascal Costanza <pc at p-cos.net> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I have a proposal for hosting the following project on common-lisp.net:
>
> - Name of the project: "Closer"
>
> - Description: [...]
>
> So in the long run, the Closer project should help to bring the MOP
> into a shape that Common Lisp programmers can better rely on across
> many implementations.

Wow, sounds good.

> - Currently, I am the only member of the project but the goal is to
> involve other people, especially implementers of CLOS. My own code is
> to be licensed under a creative commons license - see
> http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ - if other code is
> submitted I will make sure that it is compatible with that license or
> with other reasonably "free" licenses, including BSD, MIT, LGPL and
> LLGPL. When in doubt (for example with problematic licenses like GPL)
> I would want to contact you to discuss this. In general, I prefer
> licenses that can be used both in an open source and in a commercial
> context at the same time.

Cross-platform cross-license MOP. b00m! :-)

We have no policy against GPL (feel free to ask if you have questions,
though). All code should be open source with a reasonable licence,
that is all we ask.

> OK, I hope that you'll find this admittedly vague description
> acceptable. ;)

It is ok. I'll create the project shortly.

Regards,
        Mario.
>
>
> All the best,
> Pascal
>
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