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 Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2015 14:30:53 -0500 Message-ID: References: <871tbyo7zd.fsf@gmail.com> <86lha577ux.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <87egfwanq0.fsf@gmail.com> <87wptoq85g.fsf_-_@web.de> <56489C0E.2060109@online.de> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1447717813 579 80.91.229.3 (16 Nov 2015 23:50:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2015 23:50:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Andreas =?utf-8?Q?R=C3=B6hler?= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 17 00:50:04 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 1ZyTX9-0004M5-J7 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 17 Nov 2015 00:50:03 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52296 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZyTX8-0002hn-S5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 16 Nov 2015 18:50:02 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59263) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZyPUQ-0005D9-S5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Nov 2015 14:30:59 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZyPUP-0008TO-Uq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Nov 2015 14:30:58 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:43937) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZyPUN-0008Q3-7r; Mon, 16 Nov 2015 14:30:55 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1ZyPUL-0003pp-39; Mon, 16 Nov 2015 14:30:53 -0500 In-reply-to: <56489C0E.2060109@online.de> (message from Andreas =?utf-8?Q?R=C3=B6hler?= on Sun, 15 Nov 2015 15:51:58 +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:194594 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. ]]] > > All those who make nontrivial contributions of code need to have their > > work assigned to the FSF, or else disclaimed. > Is "else disclaimed" to be understood as signing the disclaimer handed > out by FSF? > Saying: I'm the author and coyright-owner etc.? The contributor can sign either a copyright assignment (which transfers the copyright to the FSF) or a copyright disclaimer (which says only "I don't claim any copyright"). This is explained in what we give to contributors to show them the options for contributing. -- 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.