From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: philipk@posteo.net, arash@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org,
stefankangas@gmail.com, info@protesilaos.com, jemarch@gnu.org
Subject: Re: License Notice for ELPA packages
Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2024 07:32:57 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86y142wyrq.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvmskjdvhy.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (message from Stefan Monnier on Sat, 07 Sep 2024 17:11:23 -0400)
> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, Arash Esbati <arash@gnu.org>,
> emacs-devel@gnu.org, Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>,
> "Protesilaos Stavrou" <info@protesilaos.com>, Jose E. Marchesi
> <jemarch@gnu.org>
> Date: Sat, 07 Sep 2024 17:11:23 -0400
>
> > As ELPA packages are regarded to be part of Emacs (and distributed under
> > the same license), the comment should say "is part of GNU Emacs".
>
> I don't think it's that clear.
> It is considered as part of GNU Emacs in the sense that copyright
> assignments that cover Emacs also cover these files, but it is not
> considered as part of the GNU Emacs in the sense that it's not
> (currently) included in the distributed tarball.
>
> So historically we have accepted both "is part of GNU Emacs" and "is NOT
> part of GNU Emacs". IMO the better choice is to say neither.
Some ELPA packages are also part of Emacs, so I guess they should say
"is part of GNU Emacs"?
Also, what will we do when we devise a way to bundle ELPA packages
with Emacs release tarballs? rewrite the notice? Something to keep in
mind for the future, I guess.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-09-08 4:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-09-05 19:41 License Notice for ELPA packages Arash Esbati
2024-09-05 19:56 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-09-07 9:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-09-07 10:47 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-09-07 11:05 ` Protesilaos Stavrou
2024-09-07 13:07 ` Arash Esbati
2024-09-07 13:11 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-09-07 21:11 ` Stefan Monnier
2024-09-08 4:32 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2024-09-08 9:21 ` Stefan Monnier
2024-09-08 22:03 ` Arash Esbati
2024-09-09 12:31 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-09-09 13:18 ` Stefan Monnier
2024-09-11 7:28 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-09-20 4:15 ` Emanuel Berg
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