From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Loading a package applies automatically to future sessions? Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2018 20:06:37 +0200 Message-ID: <83wozvb70y.fsf@gnu.org> References: Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1517595923 11033 195.159.176.226 (2 Feb 2018 18:25:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2018 18:25:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: stephen.berman@gmx.net, monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: George Plymale II Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 02 19:25:18 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ehg18-0001Ct-0q for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 Feb 2018 19:24:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47687 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ehg39-0004Nk-6Z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 Feb 2018 13:26:59 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41812) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ehfkv-0004cz-MN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Feb 2018 13:09:15 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ehfji-0006nj-DG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Feb 2018 13:08:09 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:52332) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ehfji-0006nS-2z; Fri, 02 Feb 2018 13:06:54 -0500 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=4108 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1ehfjh-0001LO-IX; Fri, 02 Feb 2018 13:06:53 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from George Plymale II on Fri, 02 Feb 2018 12:19:25 -0500) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e 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:222427 Archived-At: > From: George Plymale II > Cc: stephen.berman@gmx.net, monnier@IRO.UMontreal.CA, > emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2018 12:19:25 -0500 > > > Given the above, I believe you now realize that this was a mistaken > > interpretation. You retain all the rights, you just give the FSF the > > ability to enforce the copyright if needed. > > Which copyright does one give the FSF the ability to enforce? And what > does that entail? By assigning the copyright to your code to the FSF, you give them the ability to enforce adherence to the GPL for the package to which you contributed. That's because, since the FSF holds the copyright to every line of code in the package, it can prosecute anyone who violates the GPL for that package.