Re: In support of Jonas Bernoulli's Magit

[Phillip Lord]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

> [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider    ]]]
> [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies,     ]]]
> [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]]
>
>   > The reason for this is that people will say "sent it off, not heard
>   > anything back yet". I don't know how long the assignment process spends
>   > at the FSF end; this could all be postage.
>
> They never need to use the post.  Our clerk emails the papers.
> Contributors anywhere in the world can print the papers, sign them,
> and fax them to us.  Or scan them and email them.

Okay. I seem to remember an ink requirement, but that's fine.

>
>   > > Do you have any suggestions for how to simplify parts other than step
>   > > 4?
>
>   > Having a way to track emails going out on a specific topic would be
>   > helpful; this would make it easier to track when you last emailed some
>   > one about assignment.
>
> I am having trouble understanding that concretely.
> Which emails do you mean?  "Going out" how?

As we have discussed elsewhere, the developer needs to know when the FSF
has mailed stuff to a contributor. This makes it possible for the
developer to know where an assignment is up to.

Phil