From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Rob Browning Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Copyrights on various (mostly etc/) files. Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 17:14:58 -0700 Message-ID: <87odvfamf1.fsf@raven.defaultvalue.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1153700126 27134 80.91.229.2 (24 Jul 2006 00:15:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 00:15:26 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 24 02:15:24 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G4o6M-0000dm-Cw for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Jul 2006 02:15:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G4o6L-00073D-SR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 23 Jul 2006 20:15:13 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G4o6B-000738-M7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Jul 2006 20:15:03 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G4o6A-00072s-51 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Jul 2006 20:15:03 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G4o69-00072o-WA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Jul 2006 20:15:02 -0400 Original-Received: from [70.85.129.156] (helo=defaultvalue.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1G4o78-00032K-4c for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Jul 2006 20:16:02 -0400 Original-Received: from omen.defaultvalue.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by defaultvalue.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 074ED90D2B for ; Sun, 23 Jul 2006 17:14:59 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from raven.defaultvalue.org (raven.defaultvalue.org [192.168.1.7]) by omen.defaultvalue.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B63E023CC7 for ; Sun, 23 Jul 2006 17:14:58 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by raven.defaultvalue.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id ACCF3355215; Sun, 23 Jul 2006 17:14:58 -0700 (PDT) Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:57511 Archived-At: It has been suggested to me that some of the files in the Emacs distribution might not have clear copyrights, and so I wanted to consult you regarding the issue. In particular, there was some concern over files like JOKES, yow.lines, COOKIES, etc. Have these been GPLed by the relevant authors? (So that it's legal to distribute *and* modify them?) Thanks -- Rob Browning rlb @defaultvalue.org and @debian.org; previously @cs.utexas.edu GPG starting 2002-11-03 = 14DD 432F AE39 534D B592 F9A0 25C8 D377 8C7E 73A4