From: Bastien <bzg@gnu.org>
To: Brian van den Broek <brian.van.den.broek@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Small grammar tweaks in export sections of org.texi
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:54:13 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <874ns6iooq.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAF6DajLxCip3UhvgP7p8O=3CL8E1N1mHK30rmzNf3epW3P3EvA@mail.gmail.com> (Brian van den Broek's message of "Wed, 25 Apr 2012 01:01:32 +0200")
Hi Brian,
Brian van den Broek <brian.van.den.broek@gmail.com> writes:
> a) the limit is cumulative over all patches,
It makes sense.
> b) trivial changes like replacing many instances of a
> name do not count, but multiple such sorts of changes "can" and c) the
> standard they presently endorse is >15 lines. (Sadly, the document I
> linked to is a model of neither clarity nor precision.)
Yes -- that's actually what's on http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contribute.html
>> 1. try to figure out what really prevents you from assigning your
>> copyright to FSF (unless your job contract says "everything you write
>> in your free time belongs to us", I don't see a real problem here, but
>> of course I don't have all the cards in hands to judge appropriately.)
>
> I don't think my employer (I teach Philosophy at the College-level)
> has a basis to claim ownership of copyright on my work product, but I
> also seem to have misplaced my law degree :-) I thus cannot
> confidently say that it is false that I "have an employer who *might*
> have a basis" to claim ownership of my changes.
>
> I've written the relevant gnu.org address seeking clarification as to
> whether my good faith belief suffices in my circumstances.
Okay let us know. You might get a faster reply by Cc'ing me as the
maintainer. Also, perhaps your College administration will be faster
that GNU ones -- but chances are that both will be slow anyway.
In the meantime, don't hesitate to report problems informally on the
list!
Thanks,
--
Bastien
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-04-26 13:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-04-24 16:10 Small grammar tweaks in export sections of org.texi Brian van den Broek
2012-04-24 21:35 ` Bastien
2012-04-24 23:01 ` Brian van den Broek
2012-04-26 13:54 ` Bastien [this message]
2012-04-30 16:45 ` Brian van den Broek
2012-04-30 23:46 ` Bastien
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