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From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas@gmail.com>
Cc: luangruo@yahoo.com, eliz@gnu.org, akira@akirakyle.com,
	larsi@gnus.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: On Contributing To Emacs
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2021 23:25:49 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1n39UD-00052T-7A@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADwFkm=6k9c6Rmt053aSFtL4MmM0MhH6i7OMSYo-uj4kGm1rwA@mail.gmail.com> (message from Stefan Kangas on Thu, 30 Dec 2021 06:20:03 -0500)

[[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider    ]]]
[[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies,     ]]]
[[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]]

The Glibc and GCC developers made a bad decision last June.  The DCO
they are using is full of gaps, and they don't get it from all the
authors.  A copyright assignment is much better.

I'm working on better DCO which is intended to correct some of its
problems.  However, it will still be second best.  We will continue to
get copyright assignments, not DCOs.

In addition to the copyright assignment (or substitute), we ask for
employers' disclaimers.  They do a different job, which is
complementary to the job that an assignment does (and a DCO tries to
do).

Thus, using a DCO instead of an assignment does not make the process
much easier or faster, unless the project does it carelessly.

I ask lawyers how to keep the the copyleft strong, because that is
a priority for the free software movement.  I don't ask them whether
that should be our priority, because that's the starting point.

-- 
Dr Richard Stallman (https://stallman.org)
Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org)
Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)





  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-12-31  4:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 154+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-12-28 12:03 On Contributing To Emacs xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-28 12:13 ` Po Lu
2021-12-28 12:35   ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-28 19:02   ` Stefan Kangas
2021-12-29  0:37     ` Po Lu
2021-12-29 11:36       ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-12-29 11:41         ` Po Lu
2021-12-29 12:39           ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-12-29 13:04             ` Po Lu
2021-12-29 13:39               ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-12-29 13:46                 ` Po Lu
2021-12-29 14:06                   ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-12-29 20:19                     ` Stefan Kangas
2021-12-30  1:05                       ` Po Lu
2021-12-30 10:12                         ` Stefan Kangas
2021-12-30 10:27                           ` Po Lu
2021-12-29 15:16                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-12-29 15:45                     ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-29 17:11                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-30  1:09                     ` Po Lu
2021-12-30 13:50                       ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-12-30 14:00                         ` Po Lu
2021-12-30 14:50                           ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-12-31  0:45                             ` Po Lu
2021-12-31  0:49                               ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-12-31  1:12                                 ` Po Lu
2021-12-31  1:22                                   ` Dmitry Gutov
2022-01-01  7:07                               ` Sean Whitton
2022-01-01 17:38                                 ` Stefan Monnier
2022-01-01 19:01                                   ` Debian's use of debbugs (was Re: On Contributing To Emacs) Sean Whitton
2022-01-01 21:01                                     ` Stefan Monnier
2021-12-31  4:24                       ` On Contributing To Emacs Richard Stallman
2021-12-31  4:44                         ` Po Lu
2021-12-28 12:53 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-12-28 12:57   ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-28 17:21 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-12-29  4:51 ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-29 14:41   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-12-30  0:15     ` Akira Kyle
2021-12-30  6:29       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-30 10:01         ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-30 10:27         ` Stefan Kangas
2021-12-30 10:43           ` Po Lu
2021-12-30 11:20             ` Stefan Kangas
2021-12-30 11:35               ` Po Lu
2021-12-31  1:31                 ` Tim Cross
     [not found]                   ` <87ee5teaty.fsf@dick>
2021-12-31  3:33                     ` Tim Cross
2021-12-31  4:41                       ` Po Lu
2021-12-31  3:41                   ` Po Lu
2021-12-30 11:56               ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-31  4:25               ` Richard Stallman [this message]
2021-12-30 12:05             ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-12-30 11:51           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-30 12:09             ` Stefan Kangas
2022-01-01 20:42           ` Rudolf Adamkovič
2022-01-02  7:01             ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-30 20:17         ` Akira Kyle
2021-12-30 21:01           ` Theodor Thornhill
2021-12-31  0:54             ` Po Lu
2021-12-31  7:37             ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-31  7:17           ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-01 20:52             ` Akira Kyle
2021-12-30 21:23       ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-30 23:40         ` Akira Kyle
2021-12-31  4:27           ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-31  4:27           ` Richard Stallman
2022-01-01 21:08             ` Akira Kyle
2022-01-02  7:02               ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-30  4:28     ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-29  5:27 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-12-29  6:05   ` Ihor Radchenko
2021-12-29  9:33     ` Stefan Kangas
2021-12-29 11:12       ` Ihor Radchenko
2021-12-29 12:24         ` Stefan Kangas
2021-12-29 12:58           ` Ihor Radchenko
2021-12-29 13:13       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-29 13:59         ` Ihor Radchenko
2021-12-29 15:02           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-29 15:12             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-12-29 17:00               ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-29 17:13                 ` Christopher Dimech
2021-12-29 20:19                 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-12-29 15:48             ` Ihor Radchenko
2021-12-29 17:17               ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-29 23:52   ` Tim Cross
2021-12-30  6:16     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-30 10:11       ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-30 10:34         ` Stefan Kangas
2022-01-01 20:18           ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2022-01-01 20:50             ` Stefan Kangas
2022-01-02  6:29               ` Eli Zaretskii
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2021-12-27 17:55 No Wayman
2021-12-28  4:21 ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-26 18:46 Philip Kaludercic
2021-12-26 20:11 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-12-27  4:15 ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-27 11:02   ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-12-28  4:21     ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-28  8:41       ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-12-29  4:51         ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-29 10:18           ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-12-30  4:28             ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-30  8:17               ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-12-31  4:26                 ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-31 10:28                   ` Philip Kaludercic
2022-01-01  4:46                     ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-25 18:49 xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-25 19:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-25 19:08   ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-25 19:12     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-25 19:17       ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-25 19:28         ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-12-25 19:44           ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-25 19:57             ` Óscar Fuentes
2021-12-25 20:18     ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-12-25 20:26       ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-25 21:53         ` Stefan Kangas
2021-12-26  6:15           ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-27  4:14           ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-26  6:28         ` Po Lu
2021-12-26  6:56           ` Ihor Radchenko
2021-12-26  7:34             ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-27  4:14               ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-27  5:04                 ` Po Lu
2021-12-26  7:50             ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-26 20:40               ` Rudolf Adamkovič
2021-12-26 21:06                 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-12-26 21:33                   ` Stefan Kangas
2021-12-27  4:15                     ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-27 10:27                       ` Philip Kaludercic
     [not found]                         ` <E1n23zG-0007jQ-Bz@fencepost.gnu.org>
     [not found]                           ` <878rw5kteb.fsf@posteo.net>
     [not found]                             ` <E1n2QwI-0008I7-Ny@fencepost.gnu.org>
2021-12-29 10:42                               ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-12-30  4:28                                 ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-27 14:13                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-27 14:27                   ` Thierry Volpiatto
2021-12-27 14:36                     ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-12-27 21:27                   ` Rudolf Adamkovič
2021-12-28  3:24                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-26 15:30             ` Stefan Monnier
2021-12-26 15:29           ` Stefan Monnier
2021-12-26 20:55             ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-26 21:11               ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-26 22:55                 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-12-27  4:15                 ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-26 21:21               ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-12-27  4:15                 ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-27 10:24                   ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-12-27 20:16                     ` Stefan Monnier
2021-12-26 21:48               ` Stefan Kangas
2021-12-26 22:11                 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-12-26 22:15                   ` xenodasein--- via Emacs development discussions.
2021-12-27  4:15                 ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-27 10:43                   ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-12-28  4:21                     ` Richard Stallman
2021-12-28  5:05                       ` LdBeth

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