From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Request for merging cc-guess.el Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:49:47 -0400 Message-ID: References: <20110630.132015.825745574505660334.yamato@redhat.com> <87pqlvfita.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1309456328 399 80.91.229.12 (30 Jun 2011 17:52:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:52:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Alan Mackenzie , Barry Warsaw , Masatake YAMATO , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 30 19:52:04 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QcLPH-0008Mw-OR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:52:03 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34119 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QcLPG-00078I-I5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:52:02 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:35482) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QcKR5-0006fg-KA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:49:52 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QcKR3-0000tZ-UQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:49:51 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:37082) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QcKR3-0000tV-LY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:49:49 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47889) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QcKR2-00018m-Au; Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:49:48 -0400 X-Spook: AUTODIN Leitrim CESID Manfurov PGP Dick Cheney Capricorn X-Ran: Oj^8CiErQtKfo]Ka{8uT)wGq`iO*q>t8LL!]?VB_0/z~!*=fq.5{A:{eDk-,)#W1}=+fl0 X-Hue: yellow X-Attribution: GM In-Reply-To: <87pqlvfita.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (Chong Yidong's message of "Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:19:29 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.10 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:141254 Archived-At: Chong Yidong wrote: >>> +;; Author: 1994-1995 Barry A. Warsaw >> >> There doesn't seem to be a copyright assignment that covers this. > > Barry Warsaw has a disclaimer for c++mode.el. Yes, but that dates from 1992 and does not seem to include the magic "and future changes" (if we are looking at the same thing). But as you say assign@gnu can give the definitive answer. The records of old assignments are often phrased strangely... > If he sends an email to assign@gnu.org stating that that disclaimer > should cover the relevant code, I believe it should suffice; if it > does not, the FSF copyright clerk will advise.