Re: copyright issues and derivative work (the case of matlab-mode)

[Eric Ludlam <ericludlam@gmail.com>]

On 11/24/21 2:42 AM, Uwe Brauer wrote:
>>>> "RS" == Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:
>> [[[ 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. ]]]
>> How, precisely, did Mathworks state that it has renounced its
>> copyright on those materials?  The FSF will want to see what Mathworks
>> actually published or signed, and verify that that really does the job.
> Very good point. Eric Ludlam who single handed maintained matlab-mode
> for almost 2 decades is still working for mathworks told me (if I
> remember correctly) that he was approached by some mathwork officials
> discussing the matters with him.
>
> So he should know all the details, I put him on the CC just in case.
>
> @Eric could you provide us, or RMS with some details of this copyright
> issue, please

Hi,


MathWorks has had developers contribute to other GNU projects in the 
past (such as my own contributions to Emacs for projects unrelated to 
MATLAB) so I will just need to get the standard  GNU form for myself and 
John C. signed to make this official.  I hadn't worried about it yet 
because it was unclear if we could overcome the other hurdles.


Eric