From: Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
To: Qiantan Hong <qhong@mit.edu>
Cc: "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
"rms@gnu.org" <rms@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Reviving tablature-mode.el -- license issue?
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2021 08:25:36 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87sfyg7pxb.fsf@posteo.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <295E7158-C0E6-431E-B9D8-7482F480531A@mit.edu> (Qiantan Hong's message of "Tue, 7 Sep 2021 08:13:16 +0000")
Qiantan Hong <qhong@mit.edu> writes:
>> Doesn't it say:
>>
>> ;; This code is released into the public domain without any express or implied
>> ;; warranty. The author accepts no responsibility for any consequences
>> ;; arising from its use.
>>
>> ;; This code may be distributed and modified in any way; however, please
>> ;; retain notice of original authorship in this and any derivative work.
>>
>> It might not suffice in court, but the author implies that any use is
>> ok.
>
> Yes, but I’m not sure about the copyright assignment thing when using in GNU project.
> If we cannot get to contact the author, does that prevent it from entering GNU code?
I don't know enough about licenses to say so. What i know is that there
already is public domain code in Emacs (just grep for "public domain"),
so it might not be impossible. That being said, maybe the policy has
changed since these files were added.
--
Philip Kaludercic
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-09-07 8:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-09-06 23:12 Reviving tablature-mode.el -- license issue? Qiantan Hong
2021-09-07 8:09 ` Philip Kaludercic
2021-09-07 8:13 ` Qiantan Hong
2021-09-07 8:25 ` Philip Kaludercic [this message]
2021-09-08 3:29 ` Richard Stallman
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