From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Is it possible for a 14 year old in the UK to be able to contribute to Emacs? Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 10:10:16 -0400 Message-ID: References: <20150312111214.GA531@apertron.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1426169463 31024 80.91.229.3 (12 Mar 2015 14:11:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 14:11:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Zack Piper Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 12 15:10:55 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YW3p8-0004xf-0p for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 12 Mar 2015 15:10:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60188 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YW3p4-0003jg-U4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 12 Mar 2015 10:10:50 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36453) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YW3oa-0003jM-C4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Mar 2015 10:10:26 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YW3oX-0007vy-5C for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Mar 2015 10:10:20 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:56412) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YW3oX-0007vu-1F for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Mar 2015 10:10:17 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AlAeAPOG1lRFpZs2/2dsb2JhbABbgwaBLIIzhVO9MoIrAoEGBAICgQ1EAQEBAQEBfIQNAQQBViMFCws0EhQYDSQTiCUIu0mSWgEBAQcBAQEBHo8WCwYBUAeEKgWEG4E3kHyDEYMDixeBeYFFIoICHBSBWCIxgQMIF4EgAQEB X-IPAS-Result: AlAeAPOG1lRFpZs2/2dsb2JhbABbgwaBLIIzhVO9MoIrAoEGBAICgQ1EAQEBAQEBfIQNAQQBViMFCws0EhQYDSQTiCUIu0mSWgEBAQcBAQEBHo8WCwYBUAeEKgWEG4E3kHyDEYMDixeBeYFFIoICHBSBWCIxgQMIF4EgAQEB X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.09,536,1418101200"; d="scan'208";a="113372598" Original-Received: from 69-165-155-54.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.165.155.54]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA; 12 Mar 2015 10:10:16 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 2687D2092; Thu, 12 Mar 2015 10:10:16 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <20150312111214.GA531@apertron.net> (Zack Piper's message of "Thu, 12 Mar 2015 11:12:14 +0000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 206.248.154.181 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:183825 Archived-At: > - Is there an age limit? Like most games, it's only for "7 to 77", but it looks like you're still within the limits. > - Is it possible for somebody in the UK to sign FSF papers > electronically. The process is changed on a regular basis and I'm not in the corresponding loop, so I couldn't tell you for sure. Last I heard, it was not possible, tho. This said, I do not know how your age may impact the handling/validity of a copyright assignment (e.g. maybe your parents would need to sign something?). Luckily, the process lets a lawyer figure all that out for me because you have to fill the form below, and then the FSF staff will figure out what you need to do and send you the relevant paperwork in the most efficient way available. > As said, I'm just curious as I feel I have yet to obtain enough knowledge to > be able to contribute "properly" (i.e: I don't know enough LISP/C). There are many ways to contribute (doc fixes, bug reports, helping others configure their Emacs, writing packages, fixing bugs, rewriting the redisplay engine, ...). Oh, wait bloody hell, I forgot to curse! Damn you fucking moron, look what you made me do! BUZZ OFF!!!! Eww! That was a close call. Anyway, what was I saying? Oh, right, we can help you "fill the knowledge gap" when needed. The main thing you need to know, is that we're all pretty busy, so your contribution may stay ignored for quite a while if for some reason it doesn't catch our attention. This does suck, indeed. Stefan Please email the following information to assign@gnu.org, and we will send you the assignment form for your past and future changes. Please use your full legal name (in ASCII characters) as the subject line of the message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- REQUEST: SEND FORM FOR PAST AND FUTURE CHANGES [What is the name of the program or package you're contributing to?] Emacs [Did you copy any files or text written by someone else in these changes? Even if that material is free software, we need to know about it.] [Do you have an employer who might have a basis to claim to own your changes? Do you attend a school which might make such a claim?] [For the copyright registration, what country are you a citizen of?] [What year were you born?] [Please write your email address here.] [Please write your postal address here.] [Which files have you changed so far, and which new files have you written so far?]