From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Philip Kaludercic Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Reviving tablature-mode.el -- license issue? Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2021 08:25:36 +0000 Message-ID: <87sfyg7pxb.fsf@posteo.net> References: <5924CE72-7B8D-426D-A387-566CD902702B@mit.edu> <875yvc9586.fsf@posteo.net> <295E7158-C0E6-431E-B9D8-7482F480531A@mit.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="16284"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" , "rms@gnu.org" To: Qiantan Hong Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 07 10:27:06 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mNWRc-0003vh-BI for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 07 Sep 2021 10:27:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45282 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mNWRZ-0001yr-SW for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 07 Sep 2021 04:27:03 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:46356) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mNWQJ-0001vD-84 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Sep 2021 04:25:43 -0400 Original-Received: from mout01.posteo.de ([185.67.36.65]:45799) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mNWQG-0006dh-93 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Sep 2021 04:25:42 -0400 Original-Received: from submission (posteo.de [89.146.220.130]) by mout01.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E19A5240029 for ; Tue, 7 Sep 2021 10:25:37 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=posteo.net; s=2017; t=1631003137; bh=hxKOonqX9xSLObtgiqzMRkRIj1/x5zBXFu0UZVYjPwQ=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Autocrypt:Date:From; b=EE/JAMMaOihIYiGopMRmB80gd+oIvp0BGSA69ahqAV7giza6+HbL2RVJfmLuT+G3r DVOzNpDW32NTFYhYdbavH5te1SGZjr2/bDCxtYUtW87YwMptX9isYur7DreTdv3pOJ Xc1hEIDTgHPa6sKKoHCNkdFZ/lvCuzFimA0BcvNMtavUqHJNnB7lCWYD9WVXiM2YOx +NbPT62dA9YYLaWMSR7D6cnwNO9o/YwPfBttF7U+9Eqn8An0khZykHxzM5MOHNHOc4 O84HaSAQ9MallYESLT7gDrpJNvmRJBO5Zxx2BQYqZUbRlWiqPSvlaqVjB/3AeXarjn jNTAogpcWozFg== Original-Received: from customer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by submission (posteo.de) with ESMTPSA id 4H3dcx2nNgz9rxL; Tue, 7 Sep 2021 10:25:37 +0200 (CEST) Autocrypt: addr=philipk@posteo.net; prefer-encrypt=mutual; keydata= mDMEYHHqUhYJKwYBBAHaRw8BAQdAp3GdmYJ6tm5McweY6dEvIYIiry+Oz9rU4MH6NHWK0Ee0QlBo aWxpcCBLYWx1ZGVyY2ljIChnZW5lcmF0ZWQgYnkgYXV0b2NyeXB0LmVsKSA8cGhpbGlwa0Bwb3N0 ZW8ubmV0PoiQBBMWCAA4FiEEDM2H44ZoPt9Ms0eHtVrAHPRh1FwFAmBx6lICGwMFCwkIBwIGFQoJ CAsCBBYCAwECHgECF4AACgkQtVrAHPRh1FyTkgEAjlbGPxFchvMbxzAES3r8QLuZgCxeAXunM9gh io0ePtUBALVhh9G6wIoZhl0gUCbQpoN/UJHI08Gm1qDob5zDxnIHuDgEYHHqUhIKKwYBBAGXVQEF AQEHQNcRB+MUimTMqoxxMMUERpOR+Q4b1KgncDZkhrO2ql1tAwEIB4h4BBgWCAAgFiEEDM2H44Zo Pt9Ms0eHtVrAHPRh1FwFAmBx6lICGwwACgkQtVrAHPRh1Fw1JwD/Qo7kvtib8jy7puyWrSv0MeTS g8qIxgoRWJE/KKdkCLEA/jb9b9/g8nnX+UcwHf/4VfKsjExlnND3FrBviXUW6NcB In-Reply-To: <295E7158-C0E6-431E-B9D8-7482F480531A@mit.edu> (Qiantan Hong's message of "Tue, 7 Sep 2021 08:13:16 +0000") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.67.36.65; envelope-from=philipk@posteo.net; helo=mout01.posteo.de X-Spam_score_int: -43 X-Spam_score: -4.4 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:132949 Archived-At: Qiantan Hong writes: >> Doesn't it say: >>=20 >> ;; This code is released into the public domain without any expre= ss or implied >> ;; warranty. The author accepts no responsibility for any conseq= uences >> ;; arising from its use. >>=20 >> ;; This code may be distributed and modified in any way; however,= please >> ;; retain notice of original authorship in this and any derivativ= e work. >>=20 >> It might not suffice in court, but the author implies that any use is >> ok. > > Yes, but I=E2=80=99m not sure about the copyright assignment thing when u= sing in GNU project. > If we cannot get to contact the author, does that prevent it from enterin= g 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. --=20 Philip Kaludercic