Re: Copyright of contributions to org-mode

["Andreas Röhler" <andreas.roehler@easy-emacs.de>]

Am 13.03.2013 12:50, schrieb Bastien:
> Hi Carsten,
>
> Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I will write GLPv3 or later and not specify this further, OK?
>
> I'd state it like this:
>
>    "... you are placing this changes under the same licensing terms
>    than those under which GNU Emacs is published:
>
>    ;; GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
>    ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
>    ;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
>    ;; (at your option) any later version.
>
>    If at the time you submit or push these changes you have active
>    copyright assignment papers..."
>
> Maybe that's a bit heavy-handed, but it avoids any confusion about the
> "or" in "GNU GPLv3 or any later"...
>
>

Or maybe drop that sentence. GPL is a complete different matter, as mentioned earlier :)
You may assign copyright also without GPL ... etc. It's at the receiver to choose the license than.

Cheers