From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Karl Fogel Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: A copyright (?) issue with a message helper function Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 16:13:24 -0600 Message-ID: <87powyedtn.fsf@red-bean.com> References: <87vb6q7dn1.fsf@mbork.pl> Reply-To: Karl Fogel NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1453155218 16002 80.91.229.3 (18 Jan 2016 22:13:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 22:13:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel To: Marcin Borkowski Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jan 18 23:13:33 2016 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 1aLI3I-0004Qf-8S for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Jan 2016 23:13:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34007 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aLI3H-0003wQ-LD for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Jan 2016 17:13:31 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46628) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aLI3D-0003vE-FM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Jan 2016 17:13:28 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aLI38-0003yz-HF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Jan 2016 17:13:27 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-ig0-x230.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4001:c05::230]:37484) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aLI38-0003ya-CD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Jan 2016 17:13:22 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-ig0-x230.google.com with SMTP id h5so55534621igh.0 for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2016 14:13:21 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:reply-to:date:in-reply-to :message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=LPa+aqrDEPXPcU/EhFh+cUtYkcenGIeKIKK8d5RTVro=; b=hcYCaVtzFk+zTWqlqR5G8OPB9QYC9n1sOirk8jy96HjOG+naYwC9BYMGmUY9/uahBZ 5SlZxwLloW9tLvm4OP/PvK9VIIiyBH3oyVhRh7Mlr01gVZZSMweS2lLdTwx5oGPqlOXY xcjw9Srn3QkGM7TPysNOZ7nUGMaEDlVR7Zgu5KXHYdvLL0MWCbUEuZ/qhTutUXKBQW9z AHT1NxQ2zXALINBSR8r99ASEK7Yc+7r7SGkQ9/vVH+sacuaDWndojW5nb3xO1gzNxRFa jjf4nyB1SJYnKNj4nQ4jHI1SpdCQ6ydWRkDax/DRj2Ob3pUyscfSW091VVP+u/LBNBYX VxMA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:reply-to :date:in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=LPa+aqrDEPXPcU/EhFh+cUtYkcenGIeKIKK8d5RTVro=; b=TFvUQwSfdkP6HiPNOz5SkZoKh1qQOifqTPoCvNZHSRwFUFDiULhhjD0LyU6Twkou3r 9L7j7Kg3Z7dcvJSSd5izXhjq4BbH7Pu7azRR5jmoT+1h63doHMBNxW4mK1RwTtzyuJCt MEMM6JhQojF5NJNPnsFq12rSkgiM9uqJYCfFqRymSifUEBtqbS3ZXaikt9IQ7W74VQdq MgWVRyD5zCHhaBzyoPdDkLInPDy9GvyuXObHlqtCW271rrHChpXD6QuMKu4A9P9rXBgn Qs2TrsYMvOQ1tDFxOpejwjdt46GnVlFk3lbxfwFcFTqLHca+NTgHzdYdrZDA5AbVgdP4 w9eQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AG10YOSZKXao9fp+QgzPP6sjlQrkw/K34yW3Fk4TEvscyWWY5Ko1salCiEiBP85ezZB37Q== X-Received: by 10.50.79.167 with SMTP id k7mr11371281igx.41.1453155200613; Mon, 18 Jan 2016 14:13:20 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from floss (74-92-190-114-Illinois.hfc.comcastbusiness.net. [74.92.190.114]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id n6sm6143542ige.12.2016.01.18.14.13.19 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 18 Jan 2016 14:13:19 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87vb6q7dn1.fsf@mbork.pl> (Marcin Borkowski's message of "Mon, 18 Jan 2016 22:59:14 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4001:c05::230 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:198304 Archived-At: Marcin Borkowski writes: >I'm writing myself a function to ask me whether I really want to send >a message without an attachment if it contains a string like "I >attach". I'd like to submit it as a patch to Emacs. However, I used >the set of strings described here: >http://email.about.com/od/gmailtips/qt/How_to_Get_a_Forgotten_Attachment_Reminder_in_Gmail.htm >Would it be a copyright problem? I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice, but if it were my code I wouldn't worry a bit. Those phrases do not look copyrightable, and they are used here strictly for utilitarian (not expressive) purposes. IMHO there shouldn't be any problem. -Karl