From: Geoffrey Teale <tealeg@gmail.com>
To: Zack Piper <zack@apertron.net>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Is it possible for a 14 year old in the UK to be able to contribute to Emacs?
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 12:44:55 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CALx3QY-UfUia3ht4j2WOOGqV7yDmyWEh5325h=PaxaKuQO4r+A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150312111214.GA531@apertron.net>
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Zack,
Minors are not legally excluded from creating, selling or attributing
copyrighted works, so you should be fine.
--
Geoff
On Mar 12, 2015 12:12 PM, "Zack Piper" <zack@apertron.net> wrote:
> If you think this is a "troll", please disregard this email.
>
> I'm curious as to what GNU (and Emacs developers) feel about a 14 year old
> (such as my self) being able to contribute to the Emacs project.
>
> - Is there an age limit?
> - Is it possible for somebody in the UK to sign FSF papers electronically.
> (<http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/CONTRIBUTE> says that "Copyright
> assignment is a simple process. If you live in the US, you can do it
> entirely electronically. We can help you get started, and answer any
> questions you may have (or point you to the people with the answers), at
> the emacs-devel@gnu.org mailing list."), but I live in the UK, if it
> isn't, I'll ask my parents.
>
> As said, I'm just curious as I feel I have yet to obtain enough knowledge
> to be able to contribute "properly" (i.e: I don't know enough LISP/C).
>
> --
> Zack Piper <zack@apertron.net>
>
>
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Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-03-12 11:12 Is it possible for a 14 year old in the UK to be able to contribute to Emacs? Zack Piper
2015-03-12 11:13 ` Zack Piper
2015-03-12 11:34 ` Eric S. Raymond
2015-03-12 11:43 ` Rasmus
2015-03-12 11:47 ` Zack Piper
2015-03-12 12:46 ` Óscar Fuentes
2015-03-12 12:51 ` Zack Piper
2015-03-12 11:44 ` Geoffrey Teale [this message]
2015-03-12 12:11 ` vibhavp
2015-03-12 12:13 ` Zack Piper
2015-03-12 14:10 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-03-12 14:21 ` Zack Piper
2015-03-12 20:17 ` Michael Albinus
2015-03-12 21:04 ` Paul Eggert
2015-03-12 21:33 ` Michael Albinus
2015-03-13 0:16 ` raman
2015-03-13 0:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2015-03-12 20:47 ` Richard Stallman
2015-03-12 20:50 ` Zack Piper
2015-03-12 20:56 ` Sean Allred
2015-03-12 21:14 ` Zack Piper
2015-03-12 22:20 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2015-03-13 9:17 ` Vaidheeswaran C
2015-03-13 13:20 ` Florian Weimer
2015-03-16 19:34 ` Karl Fogel
2015-03-21 15:24 ` Zack Piper
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