From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Copyright assignments in Gnu Elpa (was: use-package.el -> Emacs core) Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2015 17:31:53 -0500 Message-ID: References: <871tbyo7zd.fsf@gmail.com> <86lha577ux.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <87egfwanq0.fsf@gmail.com> <87wptoq85g.fsf_-_@web.de> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Utf-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1447367555 7576 80.91.229.3 (12 Nov 2015 22:32:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2015 22:32:35 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Michael Heerdegen Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 12 23:32:24 2015 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 1Zx0Pl-0001DB-5U for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 12 Nov 2015 23:32:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50047 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zx0Pk-0000PU-Ho for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 12 Nov 2015 17:32:20 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50772) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zx0PN-0000O4-Bc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Nov 2015 17:31:58 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zx0PM-0000ax-Ii for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 12 Nov 2015 17:31:57 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:59886) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zx0PK-0000Zw-Ep; Thu, 12 Nov 2015 17:31:54 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1Zx0PJ-00038O-QH; Thu, 12 Nov 2015 17:31:53 -0500 In-reply-to: <87wptoq85g.fsf_-_@web.de> (message from Michael Heerdegen on Thu, 12 Nov 2015 03:11:07 +0100) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e 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:194297 Archived-At: [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > I've never thought about it, but AFAIU all contributors for all external > packages in Gnu Elpa need copyright assignments - right? All those who make nontrivial contributions of code need to have their work assigned to the FSF, or else disclaimed. They can do these by signing individual papers, or they may be covered by employer's papers. -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation (gnu.org, fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (internethalloffame.org) Skype: No way! See stallman.org/skype.html.