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Re: copyright issues and derivative work (the case of matlab-mode)
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Richard Stallman |
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Re: copyright issues and derivative work (the case of matlab-mode) |
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Tue, 23 Nov 2021 23:31:43 -0500 |
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> > 3. Patches, that contain more than 15 lines, which according to
> >
https://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_node/Legally-Significant.html
> > is legally relevant. However the current HEAD (tip) state of the
> > repository contains less than 15 lines or even no line at all.
> > Now there are two possibilities.
> >
> > a. The orginal patch is no longer relevant, and therefore no
action is needed.
> > That is what common sense would tell me.
> >
> > b. Although the code is not present now, it was present in some
> > commit in the past, therefore the rest of the commits is
> > derivative work.
It isn't quite that simple and rigid. The question that needs to be
answered is: is a substantial part of the current code more or less a
rewriting of the original patch? If so, then that part is a
derivative of the original patch.
The FSF can can ask a lawyer about the specific case, if that's
necessary.
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Dr Richard Stallman (https://stallman.org)
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Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org)
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- Re: copyright issues and derivative work (the case of matlab-mode), (continued)
- Re: copyright issues and derivative work (the case of matlab-mode), Stefan Monnier, 2021/11/23
- Re: copyright issues and derivative work (the case of matlab-mode), Uwe Brauer, 2021/11/24
- Re: copyright issues and derivative work (the case of matlab-mode), Stefan Monnier, 2021/11/24
- Re: copyright issues and derivative work (the case of matlab-mode), Richard Stallman, 2021/11/23
- Re: copyright issues and derivative work (the case of matlab-mode), Uwe Brauer, 2021/11/24
- Re: copyright issues and derivative work (the case of matlab-mode), Tassilo Horn, 2021/11/23
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