From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [ELPA] New package: xr Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2019 10:03:54 +0200 Message-ID: <83va1to0b9.fsf@gnu.org> References: <831s4lsz89.fsf@gnu.org> <834l9fsm0h.fsf@gnu.org> <83ftsyrbna.fsf@gnu.org> <874l9etwzn.fsf@gmx.net> Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="49401"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: stephen.berman@gmx.net, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 09 09:05:05 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gsNdI-000Cid-V4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 09 Feb 2019 09:05:05 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42334 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gsNdH-0000BN-R6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 09 Feb 2019 03:05:03 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:55744) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gsNcc-0000B4-Ud for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Feb 2019 03:04:23 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:47650) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gsNcb-0005QM-Ov; Sat, 09 Feb 2019 03:04:21 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=2099 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1gsNcU-0002HG-EM; Sat, 09 Feb 2019 03:04:15 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Richard Stallman on Fri, 08 Feb 2019 22:37:15 -0500) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:233159 Archived-At: > From: Richard Stallman > Cc: eliz@gnu.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 22:37:15 -0500 > > > Would it suffice (in addition to a copyright assignment, of course) if > > the files in GNU ELPA contain this sentence? > > > This file is part of GNU Emacs. > > > Currently, some do but many don't. > > IANAL, but I think that all of the source files in ELPA should have > the standard license notice, including saying "part of GNU Emacs" -- > if for legal purposes we consider it part of GNU Emacs. Would doing that in the source file be enough to serve as a legal statement that the Emacs copyright assignment covers the package? Or will something else be required?