From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nicolas Neuss Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Basic legal question: Publication of a fix to psgml Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2013 10:54:15 +0200 Message-ID: <87ppydxqh4.fsf@scipolis.de> References: <51584E07.8060709@easy-emacs.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1364916421 11622 80.91.229.3 (2 Apr 2013 15:27:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 15:27:01 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 02 17:27:29 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@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 1UN37P-0001ll-Ny for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:27:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33434 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UN370-0005Xk-Qs for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:27:02 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!news.dfncis.de!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 47 Original-X-Trace: news.dfncis.de dycJOTx1TB48h4JVs0rW4QCLYKGmwWozOX7gspzbq+uJuR Cancel-Lock: sha1:siaWSxfwhMNgTXO/xU3LzpYXscs= User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.4 (gnu/linux) Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:197616 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:26:49 -0400 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:89892 Archived-At: Bastien writes: > Hi, > > Andreas Röhler writes: > >> When using GPLed code, you may simply publish your changed code >> GPLed again. > > More precisely, GPLed code gives you the right to reuse and publish > the code in your code if it's published under the same license. > > So yes, you can publish your changes to this code. > >> Thanks giving another example wrt to the noxious results of >> copyright assigment policy, which undermines goals of GPL. > > Why pushing your agenda against copyright assignment into this thread? > > I don't think it is irrevelant. > > The question is "Can I publish the changes?" and the answer is "Yes". > > As for including psgml into GNU ELPA, the answer is "Not until all > authors have sign the FSF copyright assignment". > > This is a policy that is particular to GNU Emacs and some other GNU > projects. It shows respect for potential authors (by not including > their code without their permission) and protects actual authors (by > allowing them to rely on the fact that changes against Emacs code by > signed contributors can be part of Emacs.) I think there is a more important reason for those copyright assignments: The FSF considers its projects as so central for free software that their copyright status has to be beyond any doubt. For example, there could arise severe damage if some malicious company (you name it) suddenly claimed that central pieces of GNU software were contributed (maybe years ago) by some of their employees without employer's permission. Nicolas [I will read answers to this, but (probably) not respond, because I also think that this is the wrong newsgroup for this discussion.]