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: Copyright assignment for Emacs sufficient for Emms? Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2016 13:32:36 -0400 Message-ID: References: <871t2ktlmt.fsf@rabkins.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1469295185 20996 80.91.229.3 (23 Jul 2016 17:33:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2016 17:33:05 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jul 23 19:32:56 2016 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 1bR0nG-0001eZ-Rn for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 23 Jul 2016 19:32:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53126 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bR0nF-000869-Rv for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 23 Jul 2016 13:32:53 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45713) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bR0nA-0007zN-Ce for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Jul 2016 13:32:49 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bR0n6-0006hK-7c for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Jul 2016 13:32:47 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:42068) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bR0n6-0006hF-0D for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Jul 2016 13:32:44 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1bR0n3-0001Rn-45 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Jul 2016 19:32:41 +0200 Original-Received: from 76-10-141-164.dsl.teksavvy.com ([76.10.141.164]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 23 Jul 2016 19:32:41 +0200 Original-Received: from monnier by 76-10-141-164.dsl.teksavvy.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 23 Jul 2016 19:32:41 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 18 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 76-10-141-164.dsl.teksavvy.com User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:vkzMfSgfBS5nDqmTYeObI5j7hdo= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 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:206072 Archived-At: > I would like to accept patches from a contributor who has already signed > copyright papers with the FSF for past and future changes to Emacs (but > not specifically to Emms.) Are their Emacs assignment sufficient for me > to install their changes, or do I need to ask them to sign paperwork > specifically for Emms? > Note that all past significant contributors to Emms (from before I > became maintainer) have assignments on-file for Emms, Emacs, or > both. Stefan Monnier and I validated as much as in the past because I > requested that Emms be included with Emacs. AFAIK, if your concern is inclusion of EMMS in GNU ELPA, then it's sufficient that they have signed an assignment that covers Emacs (as long as they agree to consider their EMMS code as covered by that Emacs assignment). Stefan