From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: rms@gnu.org
Cc: oub@mat.ucm.es, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: copyright issues and derivative work (the case of matlab-mode)
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2021 10:09:45 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <838rx8ya46.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1mrBkC-0000UW-1P@fencepost.gnu.org> (message from Richard Stallman on Sat, 27 Nov 2021 23:24:52 -0500)
> From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
> Cc: oub@mat.ucm.es, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2021 23:24:52 -0500
>
> > I object to making our
> > documentation a Git tutorial. Once again, people with write access to
> > the repository are expected to know how to use Git.
>
> There is no moral aspect in these questions, so they are purely
> pragmatic -- what works best for us?
>
> For instance, when should we presume everyone knows the right way to
> do something with git, and when should we explain? That depends on
> how much of a problem results when someone doesn't know.
Yes, it's a judgment call. In this case, given the probability that
Git itself will catch incorrectly formatted author identification, I
see no reason to have this in our docs.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-11-28 8:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-11-23 16:25 copyright issues and derivative work (the case of matlab-mode) Uwe Brauer
2021-11-23 16:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-23 16:59 ` Uwe Brauer
2021-11-23 17:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-23 17:45 ` Uwe Brauer
2021-11-23 18:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-25 5:31 ` Richard Stallman
2021-11-25 7:59 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-25 8:03 ` Uwe Brauer
2021-11-25 8:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-27 4:08 ` Richard Stallman
2021-11-27 6:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-28 4:24 ` Richard Stallman
2021-11-28 8:09 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2021-11-29 3:02 ` Richard Stallman
2021-11-29 3:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-30 4:10 ` Richard Stallman
2021-11-30 16:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-12-01 7:05 ` Richard Stallman
2021-11-25 8:14 ` Po Lu
2021-11-25 8:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-25 9:19 ` Uwe Brauer
2021-11-23 19:56 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-11-24 8:06 ` Uwe Brauer
2021-11-23 20:00 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-11-24 8:00 ` Uwe Brauer
2021-11-24 13:30 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-11-24 4:28 ` Richard Stallman
2021-11-24 7:42 ` Uwe Brauer
2021-11-27 3:24 ` Eric Ludlam
2021-11-28 4:20 ` Richard Stallman
2021-11-28 9:16 ` Uwe Brauer
2021-11-23 20:00 ` Tassilo Horn
2021-11-24 4:31 ` Richard Stallman
2021-11-24 7:40 ` Uwe Brauer
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