From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: tutorial or guidebook text for some complex topics Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 14:58:57 -0700 Message-ID: References: <17725.14365.503609.516302@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1161640778 12668 80.91.229.2 (23 Oct 2006 21:59:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 21:59:38 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 23 23:59:36 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gc7pP-00030E-Ij for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 23:59:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gc7pO-0005HC-M8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:59:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Gc7p4-0005B1-Dj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:59:06 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Gc7p0-00057x-Nb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:59:06 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gc7p0-00057i-Hl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:59:02 -0400 Original-Received: from [141.146.126.228] (helo=agminet01.oracle.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1Gc7p0-0007S2-JN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:59:02 -0400 Original-Received: from rgmsgw02.us.oracle.com (rgmsgw02.us.oracle.com [138.1.186.52]) by agminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id k9NLwxaE014488 for ; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 16:59:00 -0500 Original-Received: from dradamslap (dradams-lap.us.oracle.com [130.35.177.126]) by rgmsgw02.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.2.4) with SMTP id k9NLww18021884 for ; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 15:58:59 -0600 Original-To: "Emacs-Devel" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <17725.14365.503609.516302@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1807 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:61075 Archived-At: > GNU won't use my text, because my employer won't sign papers. But presumably if you contribute in your own time from a separate e-mail address they wouldn't need to sign papers. Someone knowledgeable can speak to that (I'm not a lawyer), but I doubt it. I have offered code previously, explaining that it was created outside of work (even years before I was employed), but that is not good enough. IIUC, GNU does not want to take the chance that an employer might claim that a contribution was made in the context of employment.