Re: [ELPA] New package: xr

[Richard Stallman]

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  > And if that is not enough for some reason, then what exactly should
  > the contributor of a package say, and where, to express such a
  > statement?

I expect that saying "my file foo is a change to Emacs" is enough.

  > Also, there are packages distributed with Emacs which can be
  > considered not "clearly" a change to Emacs -- should the same policy
  > be used for them?  E.g., Gnus or Org or ERC -- they are add-ons that
  > have no direct effect on the Emacs core.

We treat ERC, Gnus and Org Mode as parts of Emacs for copyright purposes.

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Dr Richard Stallman
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