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: copyrights to be fixed Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2007 19:38:58 -0500 Message-ID: References: <34ps8nirvt.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <874ppy6g53.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87y7nazxel.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87k5yu4zs8.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87tzxx65kl.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <39740.128.165.123.18.1170883949.squirrel@webmail.lanl.gov> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1170895246 13896 80.91.229.12 (8 Feb 2007 00:40:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 00:40:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Chong Yidong , miles@gnu.org, eliz@gnu.org, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: herring@lanl.gov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 08 01:40:31 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HExKv-0006cT-HB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 08 Feb 2007 01:40:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HExKv-00070W-2G for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Feb 2007 19:40:29 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HExKf-00070R-K2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Feb 2007 19:40:13 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HExKe-00070F-HW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Feb 2007 19:40:13 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HExKe-00070C-AG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Feb 2007 19:40:12 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1HExKe-0000O4-0s for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Feb 2007 19:40:12 -0500 Original-Received: from [127.0.0.1] (helo=localhost) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HExJT-0002gc-05; Wed, 07 Feb 2007 19:38:59 -0500 X-Spook: e-bomb DES MIT-LL Taiwan import World Trade Center data X-Ran: A8.\yc?azQlqRot7HMo{\e9 (Stuart D. Herring's message of "Wed, 7 Feb 2007 13:32:29 -0800 (PST)") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:66096 Archived-At: "Stuart D. Herring" wrote: >>> Is there a change log entry for their installation? >> >> emacs.xbm >> Sun Oct 3 12:30:05 1999 UTC (7 years, 4 months ago) by fx >> >> gnu.xpm >> Sun Oct 3 12:30:07 1999 UTC (7 years, 4 months ago) by fx > > I'm not sure which are the desired images, but here are the relevant > bits from etc/ChangeLog: These Changelog examples illustrate why this whole process is such a nuisance. > 2005-03-29 Reiner Steib > * gnus-refcard.tex, gnus-logo.eps: New files. gnus-refcard.ps says that the copyright holder for the Gnus logo is Luis Fernandes, whose name is totally absent from this entry. > 2001-04-03 Gerd Moellmann > * splash8.xpm: New image from Luis Fernandes The author entry here is wrong, it should be Fernandes (it's lucky he is mentioned at all, as we have seen above)... > 2000-10-12 Dave Love > * gnus.pbm: New file. ... which, coupled with the fact that gnus.pbm is basically the Gnus/Emacs logo, makes me seriously doubt that Dave Love is the real contributor... > Dave Love also modified letter.xpm and deleted letter.xbm when he > created letter.pbm. ... which suggests he may not have created these either. So all this exercise really does is show us the people to contact in the first instance and ask "can you remember who really created this image that you installed 7 years ago". We need README files that list all these images, and the 300 more in etc/images, saying who created them, who holds the copyright, and what license they are under.