From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Joseph Turner Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [PATCH] [ELPA] Implement connman in enwc Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 10:34:34 -0700 Message-ID: <87cykpuhjp.fsf@breatheoutbreathe.in> References: <87bk6wadui.fsf@xn--no-cja.eu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="32134"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: dunni@gnu.org,noe@xn--no-cja.eu,noelopez@free.fr To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 27 19:46:06 2024 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 1suF2b-0008BH-HA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 27 Sep 2024 19:46:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1suF1j-0007MI-1b; Fri, 27 Sep 2024 13:45:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1suErh-0002u3-PI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Sep 2024 13:34:49 -0400 Original-Received: from out-182.mta0.migadu.com ([91.218.175.182]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1suErf-00036q-8b for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 27 Sep 2024 13:34:49 -0400 X-Report-Abuse: Please report any abuse attempt to abuse@migadu.com and include these headers. DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=breatheoutbreathe.in; s=key1; t=1727458480; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to; bh=/0jn1o3AXaT5FHhC7Xvnr6Vdb4xQLSiIirp1YfOm1Lo=; b=hmRrXRV3kkJeo5Q0bE5lIJJ9coVxFOqJslnlf2uW7dGCm00hUhOnHwl41PClm6SEJwr9fc BitlpfVrCc/7CVjKu4Ydr+pdOM1NvtYT13PilUZHJX3WY4iVG2qI57USBmsS1DWOjiWLD4 ArKrZzcepxSaKz6EmfELcfnrNtHklNA= In-Reply-To: <87bk6wadui.fsf@xn--no-cja.eu> X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_OUT Received-SPF: pass client-ip=91.218.175.182; envelope-from=joseph@breatheoutbreathe.in; helo=out-182.mta0.migadu.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_RPBL_BLOCKED=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_SAFE_BLOCKED=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 13:45:08 -0400 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:324143 Archived-At: Hi No=C3=A9! Thanks for working on enwc.el! No=C3=A9 Lopez writes: > I've pushed my changes to a fork repository at > https://framagit.org/nll/enwc, but I'm not sure how I'm supposed to do > my changes without breaking any copyright/gpl. > As I understand, the code is part of GNU Emacs because it's in ELPA, and > its copyright is assigned to the FSF. My changes are not part of emacs > so are not subject to my copyright assignment. Does that mean I need to > add a second header to the files I changed mentionning my name and that > my work is also under gpl but not part of emacs ? Are you willing to assign your changes to FSF? If so, I think you can simply update the end date of the copyright range from 2017 to 2024. > Then, the documentation mentions copyright directly to Ian Dunn, so I > suppose that doesn't count as part of emacs ? To modify it I would need > to change its title and other FDL stuff. Or I could rewrite it all, > since its only a few lines right now. Writing new documentation might be the best way to go. > Should I change the name of the project, and update the copyright > information and add a notice that this is a modified version of ENWC, or > is it possible/legal to make my repository the new ELPA source, and make > my work part of emacs, which would mean all copyright to the FSF so no > need to update headers ? No name change necessary. It's possible to make your repo the new source if you can't or don't want to use Savannah. Thank you! Joseph