From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jan Moringen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Potential copyright problem in EIEIO improvement Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:23:19 +0100 Message-ID: <10232_1262665401_ZZg0O2_6YeI6u.00_1262665399.3761.1675.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <23751_1262141343_ZZg0N7E3ZcBp~.00_1262141340.11263.18.camel@localhost.localdomain> <5533_1262229939_ZZg0N6K4nOGuV.00_1262229938.3761.46.camel@localhost.localdomain> <28416_1262371970_ZZg0N5T~46u9H.00_1262371969.3761.1205.camel@localhost.localdomain> <3504_1262544732_ZZg0O73~B6ki9.00_1262544727.3761.1636.camel@localhost.localdomain> <27499_1262583480_ZZg0O354Y3InQ.00_1262583474.3761.1654.camel@localhost.localdomain> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1262666602 24485 80.91.229.12 (5 Jan 2010 04:43:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 04:43:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 05 05:43:14 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from terminus-est.gnu.org ([66.92.78.210] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NS1GA-0002aT-LF for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:43:14 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43904 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NS1F1-0006UY-9e for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:41:59 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NS0y6-0003Vy-GJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:24:30 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NS0xn-0003ME-2C for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:24:29 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=49560 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NS0xm-0003M7-OS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:24:10 -0500 Original-Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:7623) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NS0xg-0003lt-5R; Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:24:05 -0500 Original-Received: from mux1-unibi-smtp.hrz.uni-bielefeld.de ([129.70.204.65]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NS0xE-0004q3-0o; Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:23:36 -0500 Original-Received: from pmxchannel-daemon.mux1-unibi-smtp.hrz.uni-bielefeld.de by mux1-unibi-smtp.hrz.uni-bielefeld.de (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-6.03 (built Mar 14 2008; 32bit)) id <0KVR00K00AUXOW00@mux1-unibi-smtp.hrz.uni-bielefeld.de>; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:23:21 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from [192.168.2.102] ([77.75.207.217]) by mux1-unibi-smtp.hrz.uni-bielefeld.de (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-6.03 (built Mar 14 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPPSA id <0KVR007KCAUW46B0@mux1-unibi-smtp.hrz.uni-bielefeld.de>; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:23:20 +0100 (CET) In-reply-to: X-Mailer: Evolution 2.29.3.2 X-EnvFrom: jan.moringen@uni-bielefeld.de X-PMX-Version: 5.5.1.360522, Antispam-Engine: 2.6.1.350677, Antispam-Data: 2010.1.5.41220, pmx10 X-Connecting-IP: 77.75.207.217 X-detected-operating-system: by mx20.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:119409 Archived-At: On Mon, 2010-01-04 at 11:23 -0500, Richard Stallman wrote: > I think, the most important part is the code in Appendix B since > code > very similar to Appendix A is available in Open Dylan (I included > both > in my last email). My code could have been derived from the Open > Dylan > code except for the improvement presented in Appendix B. > > I'm talking about the code from Open Dylan. That is 50 lines, and > normally we would not install 50 lines without getting papers for > them. I will ask whether we can make an exception, once I have enough > info. So in order to derive GPLed code from the GPLed Open Dylan code and assign the copyright of the new code to the FSF, the Open Dylan authors have to sign papers. I wasn't aware of that. Thanks for pointing it out. > Dual-license: GNU Lesser General Public License > > Does it say what version? I found a license file in the Open Dylan project root directory which says: GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2.1, February 1999 Kind regards, Jan