From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel,gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: nnmaildir, nnnil licenses Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:56:32 -0500 Message-ID: References: <1hfxyqls0v.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1196301423 13943 80.91.229.12 (29 Nov 2007 01:57:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 01:57:03 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ding@gnus.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 29 02:57:09 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IxYeH-0005yG-2x for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 02:57:05 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IxYe1-0001HG-KJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:56:49 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IxYdn-00018c-4Z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:56:35 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IxYdl-00016j-Ae for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:56:34 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IxYdl-00016X-4c for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:56:33 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IxYdk-0000X7-QF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:56:32 -0500 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IxYdk-0004sG-75; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:56:32 -0500 X-Spook: BATF e-bomb crypto anarchy Mole halcon eternity server X-Ran: 0~WP>`[q$VynnpBw9st+=+UjZgo|5VW*G`BPWWWebf%2Rp9zx|Hz),tr?,=^(yK!Q`Lx16 X-Hue: white X-Attribution: GM User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:84277 gmane.emacs.gnus.general:65806 Archived-At: Richard Stallman wrote: > gnus/nnmaildir and nnnil describe themselves as "public domain", yet > also contain the standard Emacs GPL license text. That's a little > confusing, and I suggest removing the GPL text if these files are > indeed in the public domain. > > Can you check where they actually came from and how they were > contributed? Both files were written by Paul Jarc, and originally added as part of Gnus. copyright.list contains an entry: GNUS Paul Jarc 2001-10-02 Disclaims changes (changed message.el, added nnmaildir.el) so nnmaildir seems clear. nnnil is almost a trivial file IMO. In any case, it would seem his above disclaimer covers it, yes? He also has an assignment for Emacs on file, but I guess since these files were added to Gnus first, they are disclaimed rather than assigned.