From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm)
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: "tiny change" + assignment (was: Changes to emacs/man/ChangeLog)
Date: Sat, 06 May 2006 00:22:08 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3u084i033.fsf@kfs-l.imdomain.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <uodycb1xd.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sat, 06 May 2006 00:24:14 +0300")
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
>> From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm)
>> Date: Fri, 05 May 2006 16:54:25 +0200
>>
>> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>>
>> > The FSF is (rightfully, IMHO) picky about having the same
>> > spelling on file and in ChangeLog entries, so I will wait for Richard
>> > to tell what to do in this case.
>>
>> If we are picky about this, then we have a _huge_ problem!
>>
>> Just look at the authors-aliases list in lisp/emacs-lisp/authors.el ...
>
> The way I understand it, the aliases don't matter. What matters is
> that the log entries use the _legal_ name of the contributor, which is
> the name stated in the papers he/she signed.
The aliases are there because the ChangeLogs and other files use
those _different_ names for authors. I'm pretty sure that only one
of those names match the one on file.
IANAL either.
--
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk> http://www.cua.dk
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Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2006-05-05 13:01 ` "tiny change" + assignment (was: Changes to emacs/man/ChangeLog) Reiner Steib
2006-05-05 13:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-05-05 13:23 ` "tiny change" + assignment Sascha Wilde
2006-05-05 13:26 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-05-05 22:14 ` Richard Stallman
2006-05-06 8:12 ` Sascha Wilde
2006-05-06 16:21 ` Sascha Wilde
2006-05-05 13:35 ` Reiner Steib
2006-05-05 13:55 ` pseudonymous/anonymous "tiny change" contributions (was: "tiny change" + assignment) Reiner Steib
2006-05-05 22:14 ` Richard Stallman
2006-05-05 22:14 ` Richard Stallman
2006-05-05 14:54 ` "tiny change" + assignment (was: Changes to emacs/man/ChangeLog) Kim F. Storm
2006-05-05 21:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2006-05-05 22:22 ` Kim F. Storm [this message]
2006-05-06 14:25 ` Richard Stallman
2006-05-06 14:25 ` Richard Stallman
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