From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Richard Copley Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Please explain the FSF copyright assignment thing Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2017 20:31:12 +0100 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1499974346 6787 195.159.176.226 (13 Jul 2017 19:32:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2017 19:32:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs developers , Yuri Khan To: Filipe Silva Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 13 21:32:22 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dVjqS-0001Eu-UT for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Jul 2017 21:32:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33720 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dVjqY-0002ZE-Cz for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 13 Jul 2017 15:32:22 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41273) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dVjpw-0002Z9-Ct for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Jul 2017 15:31:45 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dVjpv-0002l2-Od for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Jul 2017 15:31:44 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-vk0-x22e.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400c:c05::22e]:36790) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dVjpv-0002kh-LA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Jul 2017 15:31:43 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-vk0-x22e.google.com with SMTP id y70so35395686vky.3 for ; Thu, 13 Jul 2017 12:31:43 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=0HwwBcOz2KXB6JE1pz/OrqRgRSe8eVltX2cFpYDp/ys=; b=fjuXU3ysv9JNj6pBmylE2IwpIhZ5d9KfkEJ0R4LA64RG/EC34n9twyTwxC43UQtrx/ uPeEu2mhTwbZZECea3VXj3pOAEaslFmqRw/BwTKQ82nzxUjzlbDtKLemVZ9DOPIdS05J ZkOspJk1HXZAENfQs2M2NrkL7Foot1U+MPbKFFQ8mxusINkKlu3evqMa9LlPwJu3bSOE UBr0DPiRViRLP/usd6SqXQ2qAZcI/NwS9uwBHcgMqXatxgCgywdSHrYi3N1e5FD1bMYN iP2tU3eiCbBeeiqlqipJxR+iDxIVC+xkMlYxOsIZ7A4G6xeIYCKav8kkKnYwwufDb4K4 QdzA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=0HwwBcOz2KXB6JE1pz/OrqRgRSe8eVltX2cFpYDp/ys=; b=pUh7PLb6aaYa+EZ16mwQrFU2F9QRsD5X+G2PXQLKMpAIuHWBC5evxIIYFFdT3jYTzJ li5Oh4Vx2Nplbz/ASEZQEDRLZrFMega1F8d93+lQYB6+CrdWcZDJI3K+5yMhJrQNEqfJ APlGTdGItplgppD9yF41b+1CcTLUGbBOj565U1JSEeBGFSvsrrJqQy0OcEwUUkKMyfmZ tjoYWZDFYRXfede0ybah/HXQN8Y9rq43rQr7N/x34txlxkf5c+O3B8Iof2/Bb25hiz/1 LVuDepdwLUpOqIlweb7kHe+QAkP4VmBdRFyMd8CmxPtscc6apX/94tH5SeAN9RFWkS3e ryKg== X-Gm-Message-State: AIVw110ULQFd4UereXqV5u03DefMGUk5b/N8PHAWKI+h3LbmcCjeIBXD NsFRWfVtPSGwFLj2coGx+3RcKlgsjg== X-Received: by 10.31.135.8 with SMTP id j8mr137747vkd.150.1499974303012; Thu, 13 Jul 2017 12:31:43 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.176.78.1 with HTTP; Thu, 13 Jul 2017 12:31:12 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400c:c05::22e 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:216609 Archived-At: On 13 July 2017 at 20:23, Filipe Silva wrote: > Ok, now I finally understand. > > but this must be explained in a clear, visible way. This is not at all > clear, anywhere. Did you try searching the web for "FSF copyright assignment"? It's explained in several published essays. > What a sad state of affairs we are in regarding these legal aspects. Could you please explain why you think so?