Re: Is it possible for a 14 year old in the UK to be able to contribute to Emacs?

[Zack Piper]

On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 03:56:51PM -0500, Sean Allred wrote:
> On Mar 12, 2015, at 3:50 PM, Zack Piper <address@hidden> wrote:
> >> No, but I think we will need your parent's signature on the
> >> copyright papers.
> > 
> > I see. I'll try and convince them. Thanks!
> 
> It’ll be important to your parents that they understand what’s going on (and 
> what isn’t going on) when you contribute code to FSF projects (e.g. Emacs). 
> Try to anticipate the questions they’ll ask:
> 
> - who owns your work, what obligations you have (or don’t have) after 
> contributing
> - how you may (or may not) be held liable for what you write
> - etc.
> 
> They’re important questions any concerned and attentive parent would ask.
> 
> Best of luck,
> -Sean

I'll keep that in mind. In the meantime I will help out with other
things (bugs, etc. As stated in other messages in this thread). Until
I feel the "time is right" for when I want to submit the papers.

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Zack Piper <address@hidden> http://apertron.net