Re: How to check copyright assignment papers?

[Lute Kamstra <Lute.Kamstra@cwi.nl>]

Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org> writes:

>>>> What is the best way for me to check if a person has signed
>>>> copyright papers for Emacs (and which kind of papers) in case I
>>>> want to apply a patch of that person?
>>>
>>> Connect to fencepost and read or grep copyright.list:
>>>
>>>    grep Hannu /gd/gnuorg/copyright.list
>> 
>> Ah, so I would need an account on fencepost.  Hmm, maybe I'll just
>> ask someone who does when the occasion arises.
>
> Any reason why this file isn't available from public FTP somewhere
> in the GNU hierarchy?  Downloading this file from a local mirror of
> GNU here in Europe is usually *much* faster than logging into
> fencepost.

Only people developing GNU software have legitimate reasons to access
this information.  It is good practice not to share it with others.  I
mean, would you expect your employer to hand over it's personnel
administration to anyone asking for it?

Lute.