From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Ludwig, Mark" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: Gnus (newsreader) licensing Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2017 19:35:14 +0000 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1510342562 20697 195.159.176.226 (10 Nov 2017 19:36:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2017 19:36:02 +0000 (UTC) To: Ayappan P2 , "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 10 20:35:55 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eDF5l-0004tA-N2 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Nov 2017 20:35:53 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43198 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eDF5s-00033K-OW for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Nov 2017 14:36:00 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43944) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eDF5L-00033D-J0 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Nov 2017 14:35:28 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eDF5I-0006uC-Fb for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Nov 2017 14:35:27 -0500 Original-Received: from usslmhub002.ugs.com ([134.244.32.85]:30644 helo=ugs.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eDF5I-0006tV-9j for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Nov 2017 14:35:24 -0500 Original-Received: from USSLMMBX003.net.plm.eds.com (161.134.138.61) by USSLMHUB002.net.plm.eds.com (134.244.32.85) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.3.361.1; Fri, 10 Nov 2017 13:35:16 -0600 Original-Received: from USSLMMBX004.net.plm.eds.com ([fe80::7864:6641:bb55:eb3b]) by USSLMMBX003.net.plm.eds.com ([169.254.2.20]) with mapi id 14.03.0361.001; Fri, 10 Nov 2017 13:35:15 -0600 Thread-Topic: Gnus (newsreader) licensing Thread-Index: AQHTWlWZDnbjVubk4kWKVkfBd8xtrqMOADCw In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [146.122.71.14] X-TM-AS-Product-Ver: SMEX-12.0.0.1727-8.100.1062-23456.000 X-TM-AS-Result: No--18.100600-0.000000-31 X-TM-AS-MatchedID: 1-144069-150567-139010-711994-703786-106660-706215-700574 -848152-702161-106580-701604-702171-710799-139705-708196-707663-702283-7012 02-709823-702020-700107-148004-148050-10019-41000-42000-42003-63 X-TM-AS-User-Approved-Sender: Yes X-TM-AS-User-Blocked-Sender: No X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Windows 7 or 8 [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 134.244.32.85 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:114847 Archived-At: > From: Ayappan P2, Friday, November 10, 2017 8:27 AM > To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > Subject: Gnus (newsreader) licensing >=20 >=20 > Hi , >=20 > We are porting Emacs to IBM AIX operating system. As of part of getting > legal approval for any opensource software, we do code scan. >=20 > While doing the code scan of Emacs, we encountered the following patent > statements regarding slave Gnusae. >=20 > https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/gnus/Slave- > Gnusae.html >=20 > Does this mean we should not be using this feature freely ? It looks like a joke, to me, but you should probably ask your lawyers. >=20 > Thanks > Ayappan P