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Re: [ELPA] Package proposal: EBDB
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Eric Abrahamsen |
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Re: [ELPA] Package proposal: EBDB |
Date: |
Sun, 30 Jul 2017 20:12:51 -0700 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:
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>
> > Perhaps apropos of the recent copyright discussions: there's a fair
> > bit of BBDB code still in there. I haven't gone through and measured,
> > but my top-of-the-head guess is around 15-20%. I've noted this fact in
> > the comments sections of the files, including the names of original
> > authors where applicable.
>
> Alas, this does raise a copyright issue. To include this in Emacs, we
> need to get legal papers from all the contributors of code that is
> still in your version (including you). With the exception of anyone
> whose contributions to Emacs (including this package) will be minimal
> (under 10 lines or so).
Okay, I guess that's not a surprise. I'll figure out which code was
likely written by whom, and come up with a list of names. If I raise
them here, can someone help me check if they've got assignment?
As Eli mentions, I bet many of them (including myself) have already
signed the papers.
Eric