From: Zack Piper <zack@apertron.net>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Is it possible for a 14 year old in the UK to be able to contribute to Emacs?
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 21:14:04 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150312211404.GA23795@apertron.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <94295291-4FE2-4ECE-A30B-72DC5577CC65@seanallred.com>
On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 03:56:51PM -0500, Sean Allred wrote:
> On Mar 12, 2015, at 3:50 PM, Zack Piper <zack@apertron.net> wrote:
> >> No, but I think we will need your parent's signature on the
> >> copyright papers.
> >
> > I see. I'll try and convince them. Thanks!
>
> It’ll be important to your parents that they understand what’s going on (and what isn’t going on) when you contribute code to FSF projects (e.g. Emacs). Try to anticipate the questions they’ll ask:
>
> - who owns your work, what obligations you have (or don’t have) after contributing
> - how you may (or may not) be held liable for what you write
> - etc.
>
> They’re important questions any concerned and attentive parent would ask.
>
> Best of luck,
> -Sean
I'll keep that in mind. In the meantime I will help out with other
things (bugs, etc. As stated in other messages in this thread). Until
I feel the "time is right" for when I want to submit the papers.
--
Zack Piper <zack@apertron.net> http://apertron.net
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Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-03-12 11:12 Is it possible for a 14 year old in the UK to be able to contribute to Emacs? Zack Piper
2015-03-12 11:13 ` Zack Piper
2015-03-12 11:34 ` Eric S. Raymond
2015-03-12 11:43 ` Rasmus
2015-03-12 11:47 ` Zack Piper
2015-03-12 12:46 ` Óscar Fuentes
2015-03-12 12:51 ` Zack Piper
2015-03-12 11:44 ` Geoffrey Teale
2015-03-12 12:11 ` vibhavp
2015-03-12 12:13 ` Zack Piper
2015-03-12 14:10 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-03-12 14:21 ` Zack Piper
2015-03-12 20:17 ` Michael Albinus
2015-03-12 21:04 ` Paul Eggert
2015-03-12 21:33 ` Michael Albinus
2015-03-13 0:16 ` raman
2015-03-13 0:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-03-12 20:47 ` Richard Stallman
2015-03-12 20:50 ` Zack Piper
2015-03-12 20:56 ` Sean Allred
2015-03-12 21:14 ` Zack Piper [this message]
2015-03-12 22:20 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2015-03-13 9:17 ` Vaidheeswaran C
2015-03-13 13:20 ` Florian Weimer
2015-03-16 19:34 ` Karl Fogel
2015-03-21 15:24 ` Zack Piper
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