* A copyright (?) issue with a message helper function
@ 2016-01-18 21:59 Marcin Borkowski
2016-01-18 22:13 ` Karl Fogel
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From: Marcin Borkowski @ 2016-01-18 21:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-devel
Hi list,
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?
Best,
--
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Adam Mickiewicz University
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* Re: A copyright (?) issue with a message helper function
2016-01-18 21:59 A copyright (?) issue with a message helper function Marcin Borkowski
@ 2016-01-18 22:13 ` Karl Fogel
2016-01-20 22:09 ` Marcin Borkowski
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Karl Fogel @ 2016-01-18 22:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Marcin Borkowski; +Cc: emacs-devel
Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl> 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
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* Re: A copyright (?) issue with a message helper function
2016-01-18 22:13 ` Karl Fogel
@ 2016-01-20 22:09 ` Marcin Borkowski
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Marcin Borkowski @ 2016-01-20 22:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Karl Fogel; +Cc: emacs-devel
On 2016-01-18, at 23:13, Karl Fogel <kfogel@red-bean.com> wrote:
> Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl> 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.
Thanks! Since this was the only answer, I guess I'm just getting
paranoid about this whole copyright/IP BS.
> -Karl
Best,
--
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Adam Mickiewicz University
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