From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jeremy Bryant Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: magit copyright assignments Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 21:36:21 +0100 Message-ID: <87ed7qbfp6.fsf@jeremybryant.net> References: <87bk31mgue.fsf@jeremybryant.net> <86frsdjm20.fsf@gnu.org> <87bk2xgh8i.fsf@jeremybryant.net> <874j8mdcht.fsf@jeremybryant.net> <86a5ieg1jb.fsf@gnu.org> <87v812bq0k.fsf@jeremybryant.net> <864j8mfvju.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="17014"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: rms@gnu.org, stefankangas@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 18 22:37:24 2024 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 1sUXsR-0004CQ-Vl for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 18 Jul 2024 22:37:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sUXrd-00013Y-1b; Thu, 18 Jul 2024 16:36:33 -0400 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 1sUXrb-00013D-GY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Jul 2024 16:36:31 -0400 Original-Received: from out-172.mta1.migadu.com ([95.215.58.172]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sUXrY-0000K8-72 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Jul 2024 16:36:31 -0400 X-Envelope-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=jeremybryant.net; s=key1; t=1721334985; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=blmRDFtdcSiYlZneLbG4fTNepZOmn6rUOJEh+WlGUo8=; b=eWQGQ3mAtbRKh74CptbkadsPNQLG12/X61Gh4Zpo8N9S3mDY//aTkUflEmRX+V4Hr5SXeu qlQSS/rR6ulrGqF+UhAWlQ7Hc0nJ1tyTYno/siHUoASDE/+Fy3rgVD9oAia9rT5ir+lpma R26h57v3S4CZxUjjdHLfBzbhLe2MyFGcxTPHzktUm0HZqb04blnNaNyepKKytiLad/bRxl TVGEB/3kXweyEmWKE4TI6oQmk2vfxvEAZgZc5FCdJQjeAe9VGMb05QYwrSdC2oTZ6KPucr +kmLPGDrJVEtqcGudUwJDW5sqmW8FDl4e1o549fJLtg0Dbm+7ZdhGtSE32wkSQ== X-Envelope-To: stefankangas@gmail.com X-Envelope-To: rms@gnu.org X-Envelope-To: eliz@gnu.org X-Report-Abuse: Please report any abuse attempt to abuse@migadu.com and include these headers. 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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:321809 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: Jeremy Bryant >> Cc: rms@gnu.org, stefankangas@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org >> Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 17:53:31 +0100 >> >> It appears I didn't explain my idea clearly enough, I'll attempt to clarify. >> >> I am proposing a *separate*, much smaller, form, modelled on the main >> form. A sort of 'package form'. The advantages are >> >> 1. The wording can be agreed in advance to be the most appropriate. >> >> 2. This 'package form' can be distributed by the Emacs maintainers to >> those volunteers willing to follow-up on package assignments, and >> everybody uses the best wording as per 1. > > If this is for us, then how is it different from just asking whether > they contribute the package? The assignment form is a form because the > FSF assignment clerk needs to collect specific information, but here > no specific information is needed, just an informal agreement. > > IOW, why codify and formalize something that is informal to begin > with, and a simple question to ask? Because, at least from my own interpretation of the thread, that by asking the question in an imprecise manner it may not satisfy the conditions set by the advice from the lawyer. Hence the suggestion to formalize the question itself, even if short. But perhaps this is an abundance of caution on my part, I have so far limited experience of following up contributor's assignments.