From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: wgreenhouse-sGOZH3hwPm2sTnJN9+BGXg@public.gmane.org (W. Greenhouse) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Copyright/Distribution questions (Emacs/Orgmode) Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:09:29 +0000 Message-ID: <87hakdewmu.fsf@riseup.net> References: <87ober717z.fsf@gmail.com> <87mwu9iwcp.fsf@gmail.com> <87mwu9fiu0.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87d2v4f5bb.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87a9q7eynu.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87ip4ug5m0.fsf@riseup.net> <874ngefej8.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87y5dqdl9g.fsf@riseup.net> <874ngdoqz3.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1363281001 7878 80.91.229.3 (14 Mar 2013 17:10:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:10:01 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org Thu Mar 14 18:10:25 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 1UGBfb-0008LB-P6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:10:23 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33657 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UGBfF-00057n-1A for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:10:01 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:40634) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UGBf8-0004wi-BC for emacs-devel-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org; Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:09:58 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UGBf1-0003od-G5 for emacs-devel-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org; Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:09:54 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:59846) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UGBf1-0003nh-Af for emacs-devel-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org; Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:09:47 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UGBfJ-0007yG-Nn for emacs-devel-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org; Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:10:05 +0100 Original-Received: from 91.219.237.161 ([91.219.237.161]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:10:05 +0100 Original-Received: from wgreenhouse by 91.219.237.161 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:10:05 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 36 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet-dbVV3NMTNubNLxjTenLetw@public.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 91.219.237.161 X-Archive: encrypt User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Hc3BCZywnUbpaedxihQ3P7o8HOA= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.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-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:157862 Archived-At: Bastien writes: > wgreenhouse-sGOZH3hwPm2sTnJN9+BGXg@public.gmane.org (W. Greenhouse) > writes: > >> Because of the considerable lag involved in upstream versions of Org >> being drawn down into the compilation known as GNU Emacs, Jambunathan >> may well be right that two of his files have never been included in "GNU >> Emacs." > > The two files are not "his". ox-html.el is a rewrite of org-html.el, > co-authored by Carsten and others. Jambunathan is the original author > of ox-odt.el (and of org-odt.el), but this file is also co-authored by > another contributor and me. > > Both files are published with the usual copyright mention: > > ;; Copyright (C) 2010-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > > Let's not be fooled by Jambunathan's habit of saying "my files", > that's how we end up thinking there is a moral prejudice made to him, > while he's trying to make a moral prejudice on those who contributed > to org-html.el, ox-html.el, org-odt.el and ox-odt.el--and on those who > plan to contribute on ox-html.el and ox-odt.el under the assumption > that they are part of Org's core, which is part of GNU Emacs. > > Btw, thanks for the knowledge you share about copyright law, this is a > useful read! Yes, I thought it was the case that they were rewrites of the old org-html.el which I still use on a fairly frequent basis. :) Thanks for clarifying/emphasizing this point. -- Regards, WGG