From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs,gmane.emacs.devel Subject: bug#19479: Disclaimer is now on file at FSF Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2017 15:24:17 +0300 Message-ID: <83y3pxz3ta.fsf@gnu.org> References: <0ylhjngoxs.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <5j6SB8Hmg5euoiN2VLa1iolGVWZxTvwQ1LnsgFUQiDZ@local> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1504355134 5526 195.159.176.226 (2 Sep 2017 12:25:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2017 12:25:34 +0000 (UTC) Cc: kelly@prtime.org, 19479@debbugs.gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 02 14:25:19 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@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 1do7UE-0000Yb-6J for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 02 Sep 2017 14:25:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43442 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1do7UI-0006cd-6S for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 02 Sep 2017 08:25:22 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43597) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1do7U3-0006MJ-3R for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Sep 2017 08:25:12 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1do7Ty-0007VU-CF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Sep 2017 08:25:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:32996) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1do7Ty-0007VO-8y for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Sep 2017 08:25:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1do7Ty-00046S-0Z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 02 Sep 2017 08:25:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2017 12:25:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 19479 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: security Original-Received: via spool by 19479-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B19479.150435508915746 (code B ref 19479); Sat, 02 Sep 2017 12:25:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 19479) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 Sep 2017 12:24:49 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41677 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1do7Tl-00045t-4X for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 02 Sep 2017 08:24:49 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:52519) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1do7Tj-00045i-PF for 19479@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 02 Sep 2017 08:24:48 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1do7Ta-0007I5-3F for 19479@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 02 Sep 2017 08:24:42 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:47649) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1do7TQ-0007E3-Bc; Sat, 02 Sep 2017 08:24:28 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:2017 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1do7TP-00084l-Bx; Sat, 02 Sep 2017 08:24:27 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Glenn Morris on Wed, 25 Feb 2015 16:09:57 -0500) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:136466 gmane.emacs.devel:217902 Archived-At: unblock 24655 by 19479 thanks > From: Glenn Morris > Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 16:09:57 -0500 > Cc: 19479@debbugs.gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org > > I am not a lawyer (AFAIK, neither is anyone else on this list) and > have no interest in discussing why these things are different. > They just are. > > I said the first time we went through this that it was my > understanding that disclaimers worked this way. I said it again here: > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2015-01/msg00198.html > > I have now had this confirmed by assign@gnu. > > > If you (the generic you) want to contribute to Emacs, there is a > well-defined, simple procedure that hundreds of people have followed > with no problem. > > If you don't want to follow the procedure, then fine, that's your > prerogative. Then you can't contribute. > > But please don't start arguing with us about what the procedure is, or > should be, or what you think a judge might say, or why you need to be an > exception. We don't set the rules here at Emacs, and it just isn't a > productive use of anyone's time. Two and a half years later, with no one complaining about this, it doesn't sound right for this issue to block the release of Emacs 26.1.