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From: Arthur Miller <arthur.miller@live.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Qiantan Hong <qhong@mit.edu>, Emacs Devel <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Question: using public domain code?
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2021 15:28:10 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <AM9PR09MB4977F4403A9DDE9B8B1CE02C96D39@AM9PR09MB4977.eurprd09.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvtuiw36xw.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Tue, 07 Sep 2021 08:32:11 -0400")

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> But I’m unsure about public domain...
>
> In theory, public domain can be used, and I think we wpouldn't require
> copyright papers to use it in Emacs.
>
> *BUT* in practice, there is pretty much no ELisp code in the public
> domain.  If the file says that it's in the public domain, it's usually
> a misunderstanding on the part of the authors thinking they can opt to
> put the file in the public domain, which is not the case.

It is a serious question: is any SXEmacs code (gpl3) out of scope to be included
in GNU Emacs? I am aware I can use it in my personal projects and publish etc,
but it would never be accepted in GNU Emacs? Unless the authors sign the fsf
copyrights?



  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-09-07 13:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-09-07  1:41 Question: using public domain code? Qiantan Hong
2021-09-07  5:25 ` Arthur Miller
2021-09-07  5:30   ` Qiantan Hong
2021-09-07  6:37     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-07 12:32     ` Stefan Monnier
2021-09-07 13:03       ` Qiantan Hong
2021-09-10  3:36         ` Richard Stallman
2021-09-10 10:58           ` Arthur Miller
2021-09-07 13:28       ` Arthur Miller [this message]
2021-09-07 13:59         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-07 14:50           ` Arthur Miller
2021-09-07 15:23             ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-07 16:38               ` Arthur Miller
2021-09-09  3:07         ` Richard Stallman
2021-09-08  3:29       ` Richard Stallman
2021-09-07  6:10 ` Eli Zaretskii

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