From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Copley Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: M-x send-emacs-patch Date: Thu, 5 May 2016 22:16:41 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87pot2zoy0.fsf@gnus.org> <874macho0m.fsf@mat.ucm.es> <87oa8kzne5.fsf@gnus.org> <572BAE77.4080105@gmail.com> <572BB50C.5050406@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1462483074 31574 80.91.229.3 (5 May 2016 21:17:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 5 May 2016 21:17:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs Development To: =?UTF-8?B?Q2zDqW1lbnQgUGl0LS1DbGF1ZGVs?= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu May 05 23:17:53 2016 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 1ayQef-0003Z2-34 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 May 2016 23:17:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55362 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ayQeb-0004Rd-2k for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 May 2016 17:17:49 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48097) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ayQeS-0004Ei-MC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 May 2016 17:17:46 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ayQeG-0000zp-V5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 May 2016 17:17:35 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-yw0-x243.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4002:c05::243]:33409) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ayQeF-0000sQ-Nn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 May 2016 17:17:28 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-yw0-x243.google.com with SMTP id y6so13428906ywe.0 for ; Thu, 05 May 2016 14:17:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=mhxvFBJHn8SaSCyU+HbxLz4qf8iA0165OofTRcMYne0=; b=qjwfCpKRq0jBYJwPEwJ1bEt6QD8lTDurgIgriNez/SuN9zJSf+mIauNw3sReBcytSc CIBYYmBeF+lLEx+4vZQbodsdENjV5FlqX0dwq69JFIDmKxDvwqFlFLwRwiIg3uE30f4l tEcxnofI1Yf1yQFH4ONDF50qiXPl5LssWxrFIYonCWQ2jGhwqtklhsT11SBvwpm64kVj OWZS7dhI+mhXV/FMKHqcq7snqXF5uCzPNDVGh2kYbkQnsJqNMQzvQjgGnlPJL9og3jnI jx4oDx99pdiOBnnLpndy1mJxk7FzarvGAJJlV8PsjTiHflP1DVsCdbyXmHwvTtMzBJgo wyJg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc:content-transfer-encoding; bh=mhxvFBJHn8SaSCyU+HbxLz4qf8iA0165OofTRcMYne0=; b=R7YzHl2+HLo/3mOlna9ARC8/9vtZVQZWF/p36spsMm6ggmNEhbXLYHNRXM130DePm+ mFU6yO283pTSPd3leib0JF4B/4FJy42F80rI/7Au/6AiT4vgE7ylEPrJxbM1MR84jsf3 Q78kGn+0BRSKlRCI8l21HAqyTUnoJPgjVqF4dT5VGNkhCb/gQJjGJIK5NXM1R1BjUQaA rkfgCHUYTOT94REJ5cpiElAKlbsBgObsTExKhrnRxCHvLCuFREHzrQeUcH6vYEFZmRmg VKPQZxchzX27PlQ5unjap9M+khtsCM1Jp85eGZTikI0nW1zIxPsYoVqUBv6JcwKmmb9i mo7w== X-Gm-Message-State: AOPr4FXlMMYXzKSTlTsIOKApkuLlQTla0LvYqZ/xdOb1jL7p7hh4ZT6aMpIVOuneh6Q3RgWxKPiSiLACeSaoAg== X-Received: by 10.159.33.181 with SMTP id 50mr10194358uac.114.1462483030397; Thu, 05 May 2016 14:17:10 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.159.35.104 with HTTP; Thu, 5 May 2016 14:16:41 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <572BB50C.5050406@gmail.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4002:c05::243 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:203617 Archived-At: On 5 May 2016 at 22:03, Cl=C3=A9ment Pit--Claudel w= rote: > On 2016-05-05 16:42, Richard Copley wrote: >> Yes there is, but I wouldn't like to go into it in a public forum. >> Can patches to a GPL'd project be public domain? > > Yes, at least according to http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnulib.git/tr= ee/doc/Copyright/conditions.text: > > This means that if you want to contribute software to GNU, you have t= o > do something to give us legal permission to use it. There are three > ways this can be done: > > (...) > > * Put the code in the public domain. Then there is nothing to stop > hoarding of modified versions, but we can still use the program in GN= U. > > Hopefully that works for you! Thanks Cl=C3=A9ment. It's not my place to decide on this, but it doesn't sound to me as though it addresses my question, which is different from the question of whether a patch would be acceptable to the FSF; namely, does the GPL prevent me from putting a modification to a GPL-licensed work into the public domain in the first place?