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Re: pull requests


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: pull requests
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 23:49:09 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux)

> In place of that simple wall, there would be a criterion that requires
> judgment.  Emacs developers would understand that criterion, but the
> public and the courts would not reliably understand.  This could cause
> problems of a legal nature, problems of a moral nature, and problems
> of explanation.
>
> The legal problems: there could be code without copyright assignments.

I don't see the problem: many packages on Savannah don't have their
copyright assigned to the FSF, so the FSF's servers have been
distributing code without copyright assignments for years already.
Nothing new here.


        Stefan




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