Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2024 02:33:42 +0000
From: divya@subvertising.org
I stumbled upon the huge patch in #49065 just after discovering
`commercial-emacs`. I have two concerns:
- There hasn't been any work in reviewing the patch, and I want to give
it a shot. Especially the parts concerning Gnus.
- The writing in README of commercial-emacs repository, sounds weird if
not hostile?
Ah, but if it could reach those heights. If by some miracle it did, the
choices for the FSF are the same as before: enlist RMS to embark on a
coding frenzy that achieves feature parity, grant myself commit rights,
or continue not noticing me. If my history of user acquisition is any
indication, the last outcome is most likely.
You will have to ask the author.
Alternatively (and only if you have enough free time on your hands),
you can read all of his posts to the Emacs lists, and try to answer
the question yourself judging by what you read.
Also, are there any license/copyright issues if one could get their
patch merged? From what I understand, there shouldn't be, since the
patch was made to Emacs and the fork also is GPL.
His copyright assignment for Emacs is still on file, so using his code
in Emacs should be okay, AFAIU.
By contrast, I see no assignment from you, so if you want to work on
this, my recommendation is to start your copyright assignment work
ASAP (if you agree, I can send you the form to fill and the
instructions to go with it).
I would like to begin work on this patch within a week or so, and would
have a lot of questions for the maintainers and, of course, Lars.
Feel free to ask the questions, although sadly our Gnus experts are
somewhat less active lately, so be prepared for long delays in
answering at least some questions.
TIA