Re: Is it possible for a 14 year old in the UK to be able to contribute to Emacs?

[Geoffrey Teale <tealeg@gmail.com>]

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Zack,

Minors are not legally excluded from creating, selling or attributing
copyrighted works, so you should be fine.

-- 
Geoff
On Mar 12, 2015 12:12 PM, "Zack Piper" <zack@apertron.net> wrote:

> If you think this is a "troll", please disregard this email.
>
> I'm curious as to what GNU (and Emacs developers) feel about a 14 year old
> (such as my self) being able to contribute to the Emacs project.
>
> - Is there an age limit?
> - Is it possible for somebody in the UK to sign FSF papers electronically.
> (<http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/CONTRIBUTE> says that "Copyright
> assignment is a simple process.  If you live in the US, you can do it
> entirely electronically.  We can help you get started, and answer any
> questions you may have (or point you to the people with the answers), at
> the emacs-devel@gnu.org mailing list."), but I live in the UK, if it
> isn't, I'll ask my parents.
>
> As said, I'm just curious as I feel I have yet to obtain enough knowledge
> to be able to contribute "properly" (i.e: I don't know enough LISP/C).
>
> --
> Zack Piper <zack@apertron.net>
>
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