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Re: Copyright assignment
From: |
Stefan Kangas |
Subject: |
Re: Copyright assignment |
Date: |
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 01:13:11 -0700 |
Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:
> > FWIW, coreutils don't have people ask on the mailing list about this,
> > they just have this note in their HACKING file:
>
> > The forms to choose from are in gnulib's doc/Copyright/ directory.
> > If you want to assign a single change, you should use the file,
> > doc/Copyright/request-assign.changes:
>
> That looks like the old way we used to do things, before we
> developed the simpler way we have used for a decade or two.
> So you're proposing two changes at once:
>
> 1. To publish in the Emacs distro a statement of what contributors
> should do, and
>
> 2. To recommend the old way instead of the current way.
>
> I think #1 is fine, but we should not do #2.
Could you please explain what "the old way" and "the current way" is
in the above?
- Copyright assignment, (continued)
Re: Copyright assignment, Richard Stallman, 2022/10/23