From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: qhong@mit.edu, arthur.miller@live.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Question: using public domain code?
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2021 23:29:51 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1mNoHX-0003Wa-2z@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvtuiw36xw.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (message from Stefan Monnier on Tue, 07 Sep 2021 08:32:11 -0400)
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> 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.
In the US, they can do that.
Instead of disputing the issue here in a general way that won't be
right, the right thing is to consult assign@gnu.org about the specific
case and tell them the facts.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-09-08 3:29 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
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 [this message]
2021-09-07 6:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
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