ruby-mode.el paperwork

ruby-mode.el paperwork

[Phil Hagelberg]

We've discussed before about wanting to include ruby-mode.el in Emacs
23, but getting the paperwork from the authors has been difficult. They
have stated that they wish to assign copyright to the FSF, but they
haven't gone any further in the process, though I've asked them about it
several times.

I'm going to the International Ruby Conference next week, and I'm likely
to see them in person. Could I get the paperwork sent to me so I can get
them to sign the papers in person? I have a feeling that they simply
don't want to deal with the hassle of sending mail internationally, and
I could probably get the signatures needed if I simply presented them
with the documents and handled the mailing of them myself.

There are two authors, Yukihiro Matsumoto, Nobuyoshi Nakada.

thanks,
Phil

Re: ruby-mode.el paperwork

[Glenn Morris]

Phil Hagelberg wrote:

> There are two authors, Yukihiro Matsumoto, Nobuyoshi Nakada.

Did they ever answer the following question:

http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2008-05/msg01512.html

Nobuyoshi Nakada wrote (on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 at 18:02 +0900):
   
   > * there were other contributers in past, but we can't contact
   > them now.
   
   Richard Stallman said that if the two of you are willing to sign
   assignments, we can ask a lawyer whether we need to worry about
   unknown authors. Can you estimate how much code these other
   contributors wrote (in total, and per author)?
   
   http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-10/msg00364.html

Re: ruby-mode.el paperwork

[Phil Hagelberg]

Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> writes:

> Did they ever answer the following question:
>
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2008-05/msg01512.html
>
> Nobuyoshi Nakada wrote (on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 at 18:02 +0900):
>    
>    > * there were other contributers in past, but we can't contact
>    > them now.
>    
>    Richard Stallman said that if the two of you are willing to sign
>    assignments, we can ask a lawyer whether we need to worry about
>    unknown authors. Can you estimate how much code these other
>    contributors wrote (in total, and per author)?
>    
>    http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-10/msg00364.html

They have said that the contributions from other authors have been
trivial.

-Phil