From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Stephen J. Turnbull" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Copyright/Distribution questions (Emacs/Orgmode) Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:37:28 +0900 Message-ID: <87d2v4f5bb.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> References: <87ober717z.fsf@gmail.com> <87mwu9iwcp.fsf@gmail.com> <87mwu9fiu0.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1363138673 23564 80.91.229.3 (13 Mar 2013 01:37:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 01:37:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, Jambunathan K , Richard Stallman To: Subhan Tindall Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 13 02:38:18 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UFae0-0005b6-Ku for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Mar 2013 02:38:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57452 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UFade-0000BF-7T for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:37:54 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:46210) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UFadW-0000B5-S1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:37:51 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UFadS-0001EN-2P for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:37:46 -0400 Original-Received: from mgmt1.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp ([130.158.97.223]:41047) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UFadR-0001Cj-Oo; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:37:41 -0400 Original-Received: from uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp (uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp [130.158.99.156]) by mgmt1.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp (Postfix) with ESMTP id A55D23FA08C5; Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:37:28 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 5D2CB1A3D97; Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:37:28 +0900 (JST) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: VM undefined under 21.5 (beta32) "habanero" b0d40183ac79 XEmacs Lucid (x86_64-unknown-linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 130.158.97.223 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:157806 Archived-At: Subhan Tindall writes: > Example. > I sign a copyright assignment form in order to work on project X. I > then write code to enhance or fix errors in X. > A reasonable person would most likely determine that my intent was add > this code to project X, therefore > my copyright was transferred upon it's creation as part of the > contract I signed. Not at all. Your intent (for values of "you" != you, I expect) might very well be a fork, not a contribution. I do that all the time, creating works intended only for my private use, or that I want to maintain control of until I'm satisfied with them. "Upon creation" is not tenable. OTOH, there's a serious practical problem with your claim that code that can be used with Emacs is automatically subject to an existing "current and future code" assignment. Namely, that would be grounds for the FSF to subpoena my ~/.xemacs/init.el to search for their "property". A dollar I never received is surely insufficient compensation for that!