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Re: M-x send-emacs-patch
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Clément Pit--Claudel |
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Re: M-x send-emacs-patch |
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Fri, 6 May 2016 16:09:14 -0400 |
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On 2016-05-06 15:18, Richard Stallman wrote:
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>
> > I'm not sure. The language there is in terms of whole programs, not
> > patches, so it doesn't apply here without some interpretation.
>
> That is correct.
Reading this again, I find the interpretation straightforward, actually. Here's
the whole passage:
> This means that if you want to contribute software to GNU, you have to
> do something to give us legal permission to use it. There are three
> ways this can be done:
>
> * Assign the copyright to the Free Software Foundation.
> This allows the FSF to act to stop violations of the GPL.
>
> * Keep the copyright and release the program yourself under the GNU
> GPL. (This alternative is too impractical for contributions to a
> preexisting FSF-copyrighted GNU program.)
>
> * Put the code in the public domain. Then there is nothing to stop
> hoarding of modified versions, but we can still use the program in GNU.
The second point explicitly mentions contributions to preexisting programs. But
in any case, I think we're waiting for a confirmation or rebuttal from actual
members of the Emacs project here: will the Emacs project accept non-crucial
patches
placed in the public domain, without paperwork? To me, the following passage
suggests that it should; however, it would be nice to have confirmation:
> If you put the program in the public domain, we prefer to have a signed
> piece of paper--a disclaimer of rights--from you confirming this. If the
> program is not very important, we can do without one; the worst that could
> happen is that we might some day be forced to stop using it.
Cheers,
Clément.
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- Re: M-x send-emacs-patch, (continued)
- Re: M-x send-emacs-patch, Clément Pit--Claudel, 2016/05/05
- Re: M-x send-emacs-patch, Richard Copley, 2016/05/05
- Re: M-x send-emacs-patch, Dmitry Gutov, 2016/05/05
- Re: M-x send-emacs-patch, Richard Copley, 2016/05/05
- Re: M-x send-emacs-patch, Clément Pit--Claudel, 2016/05/05
- Re: M-x send-emacs-patch, Richard Copley, 2016/05/05
- Re: M-x send-emacs-patch, Clément Pit--Claudel, 2016/05/05
- Re: M-x send-emacs-patch, Richard Copley, 2016/05/05
- Re: M-x send-emacs-patch, Clément Pit--Claudel, 2016/05/05
- Re: M-x send-emacs-patch, Richard Stallman, 2016/05/06
- Re: M-x send-emacs-patch,
Clément Pit--Claudel <=
- Re: M-x send-emacs-patch, Richard Copley, 2016/05/06
- Re: M-x send-emacs-patch, Richard Stallman, 2016/05/07
- Re: M-x send-emacs-patch, Clément Pit--Claudel, 2016/05/05
- Re: M-x send-emacs-patch, Richard Copley, 2016/05/05
- Re: M-x send-emacs-patch, Richard Stallman, 2016/05/06
- Re: M-x send-emacs-patch, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2016/05/05
- Re: M-x send-emacs-patch, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2016/05/05
Re: M-x send-emacs-patch, Uwe Brauer, 2016/05/05