From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: jasonr@f2s.com Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: CVS is the `released version' Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 14:18:36 +0100 Message-ID: <1179753516.46519c2c07a7c@webmail.freedom2surf.net> References: <2cd46e7f0705101124r72000f78xdf05d18ca815ca57@mail.gmail.com> <17991.47259.210100.801472@localhost.localdomain> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1179753526 16154 80.91.229.12 (21 May 2007 13:18:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 13:18:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: bob@rattlesnake.com Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon May 21 15:18:43 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Hq7mc-00075a-RX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 21 May 2007 15:18:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hq7mc-0004QY-Av for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 21 May 2007 09:18:42 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hq7mY-0004QE-Qd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 May 2007 09:18:38 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hq7mX-0004Pe-DV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 May 2007 09:18:38 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hq7mX-0004PZ-5z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 May 2007 09:18:37 -0400 Original-Received: from mail5.freedom2surf.net ([194.106.33.239] helo=webmail1.freedom2surf.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Hq7mW-0004OB-UE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 May 2007 09:18:37 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (i-194-106-33-239 [127.0.0.1]) by webmail1.freedom2surf.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 299DD228AF5; Mon, 21 May 2007 14:18:36 +0100 (BST) Original-Received: from host81-149-25-51.in-addr.btopenworld.com (host81-149-25-51.in-addr.btopenworld.com [81.149.25.51]) by webmail.freedom2surf.net (IMP) with HTTP for ; Mon, 21 May 2007 14:18:36 +0100 In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.2.3 X-Originating-IP: 81.149.25.51 X-detected-kernel: 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:71501 Archived-At: Quoting "Robert J. Chassell" : > Since all software in the United States is copyrighted on creation, > whether or not a copy of that code is sent to the copyright office, > unless it is specifically said to be public domain, downloading and > installing "3rd party, unassigned code" may mean `illegally using > code'. Most programs, of course, are never used illegally. But a few > may be. This can be awkward. As we are talking about emacs-lisp packages here, assuming the code to be= Free is quite reasonable.