From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marcin Borkowski Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: A copyright (?) issue with a message helper function Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 23:09:56 +0100 Message-ID: <87r3hb6gy3.fsf@mbork.pl> References: <87vb6q7dn1.fsf@mbork.pl> <87powyedtn.fsf@red-bean.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1453327835 29322 80.91.229.3 (20 Jan 2016 22:10:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 22:10:35 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel To: Karl Fogel Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 20 23:10:27 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 1aM0xO-00081q-ER for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Jan 2016 23:10:26 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45249 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aM0xK-0008Rp-8a for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Jan 2016 17:10:22 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60096) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aM0x2-0008Qn-JK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jan 2016 17:10:10 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aM0wz-0007t7-Ax for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jan 2016 17:10:04 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([2a01:5e00:2:52::8]:44253) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aM0wz-0007sI-3L for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jan 2016 17:10:01 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mojserwer.eu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08F1D8F2020; Wed, 20 Jan 2016 23:10:00 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mail.mojserwer.eu Original-Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.mojserwer.eu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id hAKoGC58R69N; Wed, 20 Jan 2016 23:09:57 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (unknown [109.232.24.28]) by mail.mojserwer.eu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DFE958F201F; Wed, 20 Jan 2016 23:09:56 +0100 (CET) User-agent: mu4e 0.9.13; emacs 25.1.50.1 In-reply-to: <87powyedtn.fsf@red-bean.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 2a01:5e00:2:52::8 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:198463 Archived-At: On 2016-01-18, at 23:13, Karl Fogel wrote: > 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. 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