From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: extensions for emacsclient (CVS version) Date: 10 Sep 2003 18:13:31 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1063212473 31641 80.91.224.253 (10 Sep 2003 16:47:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 16:47:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Miles Bader , =?iso-8859-1?q?Andreas_B=FCsching?= , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 10 18:47:50 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19x88E-0005TT-00 for ; Wed, 10 Sep 2003 18:47:50 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 19x88g-0003Ub-00 for ; Wed, 10 Sep 2003 18:48:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 19x84P-0003L8-KE for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Wed, 10 Sep 2003 12:43:53 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 19x7cc-0004dC-PM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Sep 2003 12:15:10 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.22) id 19x7bs-0004Fv-6U for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Sep 2003 12:14:25 -0400 Original-Received: from [217.80.160.105] (helo=localhost.localdomain) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.22) id 19x7bG-0003d8-9S; Wed, 10 Sep 2003 12:13:46 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h8AGDXVk002385 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 10 Sep 2003 18:13:34 +0200 Original-Received: (from dak@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id h8AGDVeP002381; Wed, 10 Sep 2003 18:13:31 +0200 Original-To: "Stefan Monnier" In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 34 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:16277 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:16277 "Stefan Monnier" writes: > >> Other than that, it looks fine to me. In order to be able to > >> install this change in Emacs-CVS, we need to make sure you have > >> signed the relevant paperwork (ideally an assignment of copyright > >> covering all your changes to Emacs, IIRC you want to ask > >> assign@gnu.org to get the relevant form). > > I guess there is no easier way to contribute to the emacs project? > > Other than limiting yourself to a total of about 10 lines of new > code, no. Note that it's still pretty easy if you sign the above > mentioned form since it covers future changes as well, so you do it > once and then you can forget about it. Of course, if you have to do > that for a hundred different projects, it's still annoying. Not as annoying as some company claiming you have stolen their code and demanding licensing fees for using Free Software, like SCO is currently doing for Linux. While it is hardly likely that they will succeed in the long run with their claims, they cast a doubt on the legality and morality of Free Software users and authors that we could much better do without. The copyright assignments make it much less likely that stunts like that can be pulled off with software that is copyrighted by the Free Software Foundation. Call it paranoia if you really want to, but today's world is a place where paranoia as a capacity has its place, unfortunately. The form is just a one-time thing, and easy enough to do. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum