From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: About the CA form Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 13:02:00 +0200 Message-ID: <87611x4zmf.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1445598148 4271 80.91.229.3 (23 Oct 2015 11:02:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 11:02:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel To: Artur Malabarba Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 23 13:02:28 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Zpa71-0002Z5-Ew for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Oct 2015 13:02:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37550 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zpa70-00024G-RX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 23 Oct 2015 07:02:18 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59869) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zpa6u-00024B-JG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Oct 2015 07:02:16 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zpa6p-0000LQ-V0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Oct 2015 07:02:12 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:56106) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zpa6i-0000Kr-VR; Fri, 23 Oct 2015 07:02:00 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41689 helo=lola) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1Zpa6i-0000Os-H6; Fri, 23 Oct 2015 07:02:00 -0400 Original-Received: by lola (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 13C66DF3C4; Fri, 23 Oct 2015 13:02:00 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (Artur Malabarba's message of "Fri, 23 Oct 2015 11:51:16 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:192471 Archived-At: Artur Malabarba writes: > Is there a PDF template of the FSF's Copyright Assignment form available online? > Maybe this is documented somewhere, but I couldn't find anything with > a few brief searches. > > If not, then is that intentional? Would it for some reason be > undesirable for someone to publicly display an example of the CA form? > > I ask because I think some people might be more confortable assigning > copyright if they could know beforehand exactly what the form states > (at least I know it was a small concern for me). Obviously you know exactly beforehand what the form states as you otherwise would have a hard time signing it. Assignments vary over time and the case in question. There is no obligation to sign what the FSF sends you. If you find yourself unwilling to agree, you can ask for those amendments you consider important to you or just refuse. -- David Kastrup