From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Questions about Copyright Assignment Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2023 10:35:38 +0200 Message-ID: <83mt6okv51.fsf@gnu.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="38724"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: metal alpaca Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Jan 12 09:35:59 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1pFt42-0009pB-PI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 12 Jan 2023 09:35:58 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pFt3G-0000wa-Hg; Thu, 12 Jan 2023 03:35:10 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pFt3E-0000wO-Jn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Jan 2023 03:35:08 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pFt3E-00057j-5B; Thu, 12 Jan 2023 03:35:08 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=MIME-version:References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From: Date; bh=OZVptck5SaEZ6PD9Gx143d8fcc+HD8GGDz1QIrlAsj0=; b=B9r0Tp7+aKNhB1M0ZFUF olbWIm7Q+hl3vboRCBq6aF+088mq397o+l5mLuM2AqEXwZir4jV50tCWZhXAE+FqGE6wperksX7n9 bDevVHBeTTit8/hZjTrgxoKuTQ09AumbXlygftr9R4FR1ArhMrej0fPOkg5Ey2JSlzlmUDlLMZTAP pmPYl3AG5259oJybmeListlsV/Hey6EJR221+zK1o/5XAsu3v7BYf9mo+RGjSO3pDWhH2WT7I6Ts/ 4qPmu6MeaOY1hqAmglDpk1jgSM6vTVMdCYQMH19txDsFcq8onQtQyqxYYNWdLO87OWVDw2PqDj8uU yphf2xyzgBrSfw==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1pFt3B-00046r-7t; Thu, 12 Jan 2023 03:35:07 -0500 In-Reply-To: (message from metal alpaca on Wed, 11 Jan 2023 22:24:36 -0500) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:302368 Archived-At: > From: metal alpaca > Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2023 22:24:36 -0500 > > Hello, I have a few questions regarding copyright assignment: > > 1 ) Do I have to get my school/employer to sign anything? > 2 ) If I change schools/employers, will I have to redo the whole process? > 3 ) If I add a package to ELPA, then change to a school/employer where I’m no longer able to assign > copyright, then would I no longer be able to push changes to that package? Please write to Craig Topham and ask him these questions. He will probably want to know the details of your relationship with your school and/or the contract with your employer, but his responses are the definitive ones. We here are not lawyers and cannot give you the answers to your questions.