From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.ciao.gmane.io!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Drop the Copyright Assignment requirement for Emacs Date: Sun, 10 May 2020 12:43:00 -0400 Message-ID: References: <9mmFgzvrBwjt_n_VJyaJdXINraNi5HsGpwq-0MLeKiJA7kG2BQA4uywrzjyz7lpRS0OZDpjEi8lspOKYUA7P_QsODsDew_8nbH960G55fmY=@protonmail.com> <87d07xamrg.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <878silajdl.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> <87tv18pyh4.fsf@russet.org.uk> <83zhaih0oz.fsf@gnu.org> <83pnbegsvm.fsf@gnu.org> <83imh5hby1.fsf@gnu.org> <83v9l5fmwu.fsf@gnu.org> <835zd3evxu.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="ciao.gmane.io:159.69.161.202"; logging-data="58619"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, joaotavora@gmail.com To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun May 10 18:43:53 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jXp3P-000F5J-EP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 10 May 2020 18:43:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57606 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jXp3O-0008Tt-0R for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 10 May 2020 12:43:50 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:33908) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jXp2g-000839-2R for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 May 2020 12:43:06 -0400 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]:37777) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jXp2f-0007tf-8G; Sun, 10 May 2020 12:43:05 -0400 Original-Received: from pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id CE23F80DE9; Sun, 10 May 2020 12:43:03 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg2.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 6890580B90; Sun, 10 May 2020 12:43:02 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1589128982; bh=m7zVm5b5uVAcYcsuKehoExkPyxBsLtLIKsAgCdlYrWE=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=APCxtmWNxtN1kKirGT/Cz9RYGyLY4WXpTMIk4ncGmD8CCiCdk31jruukE4xD+5R9U jzVAHuqZcnqsgD1iiML1wA3OeVlFzrs8I3cmKaxaszOKpVkq/BkQM613SfgJvqz+Tb 9WFyC9SbTgLe8U60jCeA4Ti/VThNwO7IZ5hz2nokOu5w/wp7rV7QTUBFMVSAO6h3hq p3o1GMMsViYHRpheIWewREnGl/0fvHDdaXid7yLCg/qcGF+lCGHaqyqUu3Mtq561ID h/ZjSyC3gG3zgPnMUNgM+UOb5jowv5dH0LpE3ZyhAWPZIniByRrEKpflP7qucTVXts ruPGlvVxE3UDQ== Original-Received: from alfajor (unknown [216.154.3.202]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EF868120312; Sun, 10 May 2020 12:43:01 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <835zd3evxu.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sun, 10 May 2020 16:55:25 +0300") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=132.204.25.50; envelope-from=monnier@iro.umontreal.ca; helo=mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/05/10 12:34:28 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Spam_score_int: -42 X-Spam_score: -4.3 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.3 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, SPF_PASS=-0.001, URIBL_BLOCKED=0.001 autolearn=_AUTOLEARN X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:249674 Archived-At: >> We delete Maintainer header fields if the person listed stops maintaining >> that code. But why do we ever delete Author fields? > > We generally don't, except in some rare and special situations, AFAIR. Yup, I can't remember ever seeing someone be removed from an Author field, actually. Stefan