From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
Cc: rms@gnu.org, akib@disroot.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Magit
Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2022 14:48:39 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <835yi2kpns.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87zgfedwfc.fsf@posteo.net> (message from Philip Kaludercic on Mon, 05 Sep 2022 09:04:23 +0000)
> From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
> Cc: Akib Azmain Turja <akib@disroot.org>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2022 09:04:23 +0000
>
> Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:
>
> > > I don't think that will ever happen. Magit has many contributors, and
> > > many of them hasn't completed the paperwork.
> >
> > Talking with them about this is not impossible. It just takes work.
>
> Magit itself has 315 contributors of which approximately 70-90 have
> significant contributions by my estimate. There are certainly a few
> that have already signed the CA, but there are plenty that have done so
> either a long while ago and would not be difficult to contact. And
> with this many people there are always plenty who are disinterested or
> actively hostile towards assigning their copyright, which is always an
> unpleasant situation.
>
> It might not be "impossible" in the literal sense of the word, but that
> doesn't make it much easier either.
AFAIK, the job of getting this done, however formidable, was already
under way. Jonas described its progress on several occasions.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-09-05 11:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2022-08-31 17:20 ` Pankaj Jangid
2022-08-31 22:12 ` Stefan Monnier
2022-09-01 0:31 ` T.V Raman
2022-09-03 2:51 ` Magit Richard Stallman
2022-09-03 6:29 ` Magit Akib Azmain Turja
2022-09-03 14:20 ` Magit Stefan Monnier
2022-09-03 14:56 ` Magit Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-03 18:22 ` Magit Akib Azmain Turja
2022-09-03 18:34 ` Magit Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-04 2:47 ` Magit Akib Azmain Turja
2022-09-04 5:16 ` Magit Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-03 15:16 ` Magit Stefan Kangas
2022-09-03 18:32 ` Magit Akib Azmain Turja
2022-09-03 18:51 ` Magit broken in NonGNU ELPA Stefan Kangas
2022-09-03 19:09 ` Magit Philip Kaludercic
2022-09-05 4:03 ` Magit Richard Stallman
2022-09-05 8:58 ` Magit Philip Kaludercic
2022-09-07 2:19 ` Magit Richard Stallman
2022-09-07 3:33 ` Magit Phil Sainty
2022-09-07 12:40 ` Magit Stefan Monnier
2022-09-07 13:02 ` Magit Akib Azmain Turja
2022-09-03 18:45 ` Magit Stefan Monnier
2022-09-05 4:03 ` Magit Richard Stallman
2022-09-05 9:04 ` Magit Philip Kaludercic
2022-09-05 11:48 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2022-09-07 2:19 ` Magit Richard Stallman
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2022-09-03 14:35 Magit Payas Relekar
2022-09-04 4:13 Magit Payas Relekar
2022-09-04 5:25 ` Magit Eli Zaretskii
2022-09-04 5:51 ` Magit tomas
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