From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jambunathan K Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Copyright/Distribution questions (Emacs/Orgmode) Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 08:38:10 +0530 Message-ID: <87y5dqadb9.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87ober717z.fsf@gmail.com> <87mwu9iwcp.fsf@gmail.com> <87mwu9fiu0.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87d2v4f5bb.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1363230504 24179 80.91.229.3 (14 Mar 2013 03:08:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 03:08:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "Allen S. Rout" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 14 04:08:49 2013 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 1UFyXA-0001my-RQ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 14 Mar 2013 04:08:48 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44412 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UFyWo-0004DO-2h for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Mar 2013 23:08:26 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:39162) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UFyWl-0004Br-1X for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Mar 2013 23:08:23 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UFyWk-0002aJ-0e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Mar 2013 23:08:22 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-ie0-x229.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4001:c03::229]:43561) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UFyWj-0002aE-Rp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Mar 2013 23:08:21 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-ie0-f169.google.com with SMTP id 13so2479232iea.28 for ; Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:08:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to :message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=80LDchLKX4h3EE086w4XQGnLu4+NYuJTTapJPs5MIOk=; b=Z/sQf9naNnWGIhHd673ThU+3ykIScimBT9sseIsdCrcQj8NwReJhftRopVykC6k9Di 2OsIQmd0ADpvlXksna/emnKlecvAZ2AIMD4GSh7vKFdMLFxKgNdPQRsFV02eCV2wXCAH MtTye7Ip5yubYD/HacP6Ebn1oI2GRVrGV5VHWv8UsYv9ssyzbRWNLRI3vlayagnMH/Hz J45l6qGmTijLwPm1/2jxrZlWRIv6jeihwOxKfSMRkYyZ0jz/mQroSCuhHScaV20tVVBW E9viWyYKpzsDwrmUrweEM8Gjouv0u4zhjDgnjDwCyevZMjEKD/7eMraFFnN+iw1UD+qM 7a3w== X-Received: by 10.50.150.167 with SMTP id uj7mr19410255igb.1.1363230501218; Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:08:21 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from debian-6.05 ([115.241.107.147]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id g6sm6201403ign.4.2013.03.13.20.08.09 (version=TLSv1.1 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:08:20 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (Allen S. Rout's message of "Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:21:47 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4001:c03::229 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:157833 Archived-At: "Allen S. Rout" writes: > On 03/13/2013 02:32 PM, Richard Stallman wrote: > >> Our normal future assignment contract covers all changes to Emacs. >> Whether it is considered a "contribution" or a "fork" is not a >> criterion. > > It might be appropriate to articulate the procedure by which someone > could bring force to a change of opinion about their future work. It > seems wrong to claim that this assignment relationship is irrevocable, > that it lays claim without limitation to all related work in the > person's lifetime. Thanks for articulating my questions from an impersonal standpoint. Your suggestions does intimately concern the/some points I raised. > - Allen S. Rout --