From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: law question Date: Sat, 22 May 2021 09:14:33 +0300 Message-ID: <83v97bl2gm.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87tumvdcqz.fsf@zoho.eu> <871r9zdbqc.fsf@zoho.eu> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="27064"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, moasenwood@zoho.eu, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Christopher Dimech Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat May 22 08:15:07 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1lkKuh-0006oL-LR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 22 May 2021 08:15:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39366 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lkKug-0008UG-Kh for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 22 May 2021 02:15:06 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:47824) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lkKu8-0007ol-SY; Sat, 22 May 2021 02:14:32 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:51946) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lkKu8-0002rm-Hw; Sat, 22 May 2021 02:14:32 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.95.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.95]:3219 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lkKu7-0003KI-Vz; Sat, 22 May 2021 02:14:32 -0400 In-Reply-To: (message from Christopher Dimech on Sat, 22 May 2021 00:34:12 +0200) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:269596 gmane.emacs.help:130047 Archived-At: > From: Christopher Dimech > Date: Sat, 22 May 2021 00:34:12 +0200 > Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org > > > Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2021 at 9:21 AM > > From: "Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor" > > To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org > > Subject: Re: law question > > > > Christopher Dimech wrote: > > > > > We would need more details, e.g. the original release > > > license. If it is to be free software the implementation > > > went be different if the two licences are incompatible. > > > > Should we assume the worst-case scenario? > > You could ask for a disclaimer of rights from said company. What license was > it released under? Could you guys please take this thread elsewhere? It has nothing to do with Emacs per se, neither with its development nor with helping its users. Moving the discussion to emacs-tangents sounds like a good idea to me. TIA