From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Some hard numbers on licenses used by elisp packages Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2017 15:58:20 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87shi4z7ps.fsf@bernoul.li> <87zic9zuof.fsf@bernoul.li> <877ezaajme.fsf@bernoul.li> <87shhw2xuv.fsf@bernoul.li> <87a844cmgx.fsf@ernst> <8760eqbvvi.fsf@ernst> <87shhmn6mh.fsf@ernst> <87fudbvu4b.fsf@ernst> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1501790352 11986 195.159.176.226 (3 Aug 2017 19:59:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2017 19:59:12 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Richard Stallman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 03 21:59:05 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 1ddMGo-00028W-Pa for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 03 Aug 2017 21:58:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46746 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ddMGr-0007ID-I9 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 03 Aug 2017 15:59:01 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41850) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ddMGI-0007I0-U4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Aug 2017 15:58:27 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ddMGI-00057N-80 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 Aug 2017 15:58:26 -0400 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]:44101) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ddMGE-00054E-PN; Thu, 03 Aug 2017 15:58:22 -0400 Original-Received: from lechazo.home (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.7/8.14.1) with ESMTP id v73JwKnG011449; Thu, 3 Aug 2017 15:58:20 -0400 Original-Received: by lechazo.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 18A59601CB; Thu, 3 Aug 2017 15:58:20 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Thu, 03 Aug 2017 15:42:38 -0400") X-NAI-Spam-Flag: NO X-NAI-Spam-Threshold: 5 X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 2 Rules triggered EDT_SA_DN_PASS=0, RV6086=0 X-NAI-Spam-Version: 2.3.0.9418 : core <6086> : inlines <6006> : streams <1757028> : uri <2475729> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 132.204.246.22 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:217272 Archived-At: >> Easy: wait 75 years (plus the extra extensions Disney will get during >> that time), after which it falls into the public domain and Bob's >> your uncle. > Alas, the required waiting period is even more than that. > For individual authors, you have to wait until 70 years after the > author's death. AFAIK the question was in the case the author is already dead. So I stand corrected: it's not even 75 years, but only a mere 70 years (plus the extra extensions Disney will get during that time). Stefan