* Where do I find FSF copyright assignment forms? @ 2013-02-07 9:57 Alan Mackenzie 2013-02-07 11:10 ` Tassilo Horn 0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread From: Alan Mackenzie @ 2013-02-07 9:57 UTC (permalink / raw) To: emacs-devel; +Cc: Filipp Gunbin Hello Emacs. I have a new contributer with a fix to CC Mode. He's willing to assign copyright to the FSF. Where, exactly, do I find the copyright assignment forms? There is an FSF document about this (I forget exactly where) that identifies a directory on "fencepost.gnu.org". This server appears to be neither http nor ftp, so I'm a bit stuck, there. Help, please! -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany). ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: Where do I find FSF copyright assignment forms? 2013-02-07 9:57 Where do I find FSF copyright assignment forms? Alan Mackenzie @ 2013-02-07 11:10 ` Tassilo Horn 2013-02-07 11:45 ` Xue Fuqiao 2013-02-07 23:15 ` Richard Stallman 0 siblings, 2 replies; 8+ messages in thread From: Tassilo Horn @ 2013-02-07 11:10 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Alan Mackenzie; +Cc: Filipp Gunbin, emacs-devel Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> writes: Hi Alan, > I have a new contributer with a fix to CC Mode. He's willing to assign > copyright to the FSF. > > Where, exactly, do I find the copyright assignment forms? http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnulib.git;a=tree;f=doc/Copyright;hb=HEAD Bye, Tassilo ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: Where do I find FSF copyright assignment forms? 2013-02-07 11:10 ` Tassilo Horn @ 2013-02-07 11:45 ` Xue Fuqiao 2013-02-07 23:15 ` Richard Stallman 1 sibling, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread From: Xue Fuqiao @ 2013-02-07 11:45 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Tassilo Horn; +Cc: Alan Mackenzie, Filipp Gunbin, emacs-devel On Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:10:07 +0100 Tassilo Horn <tsdh@gnu.org> wrote: > > I have a new contributer with a fix to CC Mode. He's willing to assign > > copyright to the FSF. > > > > Where, exactly, do I find the copyright assignment forms? > > http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnulib.git;a=tree;f=doc/Copyright;hb=HEAD If the contributor then wants more information, you can send per the file /gd/gnuorg/conditions.text, which explains per options (assign vs. disclaim) and their consequences. Please don’t use any of the templates except for those listed here, and please don’t change the wording. For large changes, ask the contributor for an assignment. Send per a copy of the file request-assign.changes. (Like all the ‘request-’ files, it is in /gd/gnuorg/Copyright and in gnulib.) For medium to small changes, request a personal disclaimer by sending per the file request-disclaim.changes. If the contributor is likely to keep making changes, person might want to sign an assignment for all per future changes to the program. So it is useful to offer per that alternative. If person wants to do it that way, send per the request-assign.future. When you send a request- file, you don’t need to fill in anything before sending it. Just send the file verbatim to the contributor. The file gives per instructions for how to ask the FSF to mail per the papers to sign. The request- file also raises the issue of getting an employer’s disclaimer from the contributor’s employer. If a contributor wants the FSF to publish only a pseudonym, that is ok. The contributor should say this, and state the desired pseudonym, when answering the request- form. The actual legal papers will use the real name, but the FSF will publish only the pseudonym. When using one of the other forms, fill in the real name but ask the contributor to discuss the use of a pseudonym with assign@gnu.org before sending back the signed form. Although there are other templates besides the ones listed here, they are for special circumstances; please do not use them without getting advice from assign@gnu.org. -- Best regards, Xue Fuqiao. http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/XueFuqiao ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: Where do I find FSF copyright assignment forms? 2013-02-07 11:10 ` Tassilo Horn 2013-02-07 11:45 ` Xue Fuqiao @ 2013-02-07 23:15 ` Richard Stallman 2013-02-07 23:37 ` Glenn Morris 1 sibling, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread From: Richard Stallman @ 2013-02-07 23:15 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Tassilo Horn; +Cc: acm, fgunbin, emacs-devel You should not send someone copyright forms yourself! If you do, it makes administrative trouble for the FSF. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation 51 Franklin St Boston MA 02110 USA www.fsf.org www.gnu.org Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: Where do I find FSF copyright assignment forms? 2013-02-07 23:15 ` Richard Stallman @ 2013-02-07 23:37 ` Glenn Morris 2013-02-09 22:01 ` Richard Stallman 0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread From: Glenn Morris @ 2013-02-07 23:37 UTC (permalink / raw) To: rms; +Cc: acm, emacs-devel, fgunbin, Tassilo Horn Richard Stallman wrote: > You should not send someone copyright forms yourself! > If you do, it makes administrative trouble for the FSF. I think you've misunderstood. We're just talking about following the standard instructions in "Copyright Papers" in maintain.info. http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/Copyright-Papers.html ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: Where do I find FSF copyright assignment forms? 2013-02-07 23:37 ` Glenn Morris @ 2013-02-09 22:01 ` Richard Stallman 2013-02-10 0:24 ` Glenn Morris 0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread From: Richard Stallman @ 2013-02-09 22:01 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Glenn Morris; +Cc: acm, tsdh, fgunbin, emacs-devel I think you've misunderstood. We're just talking about following the standard instructions in "Copyright Papers" in maintain.info. http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/Copyright-Papers.html Normally that means you send one of the files request-... to the contributor. These aren not the copyright assignment papers. These are just forms for the contributor to give the necessary info to our clerk. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation 51 Franklin St Boston MA 02110 USA www.fsf.org www.gnu.org Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: Where do I find FSF copyright assignment forms? 2013-02-09 22:01 ` Richard Stallman @ 2013-02-10 0:24 ` Glenn Morris 2013-02-10 23:25 ` Richard Stallman 0 siblings, 1 reply; 8+ messages in thread From: Glenn Morris @ 2013-02-10 0:24 UTC (permalink / raw) To: rms; +Cc: acm, tsdh, fgunbin, emacs-devel Richard Stallman wrote: > Normally that means you send one of the files request-... > to the contributor. > > These aren not the copyright assignment papers. These are just forms > for the contributor to give the necessary info to our clerk. We've been talking about "forms" all along. You said: You should not send someone copyright forms yourself! ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
* Re: Where do I find FSF copyright assignment forms? 2013-02-10 0:24 ` Glenn Morris @ 2013-02-10 23:25 ` Richard Stallman 0 siblings, 0 replies; 8+ messages in thread From: Richard Stallman @ 2013-02-10 23:25 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Glenn Morris; +Cc: acm, tsdh, fgunbin, emacs-devel We've been talking about "forms" all along. You said: You should not send someone copyright forms yourself! I'm sorry for the confusion. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation 51 Franklin St Boston MA 02110 USA www.fsf.org www.gnu.org Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software. Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 8+ messages in thread
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