From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bastien Subject: Re: Small grammar tweaks in export sections of org.texi Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:54:13 +0200 Message-ID: <874ns6iooq.fsf@gnu.org> References: <4F96D07B.1050506@gmail.com> <87y5pkrexu.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:48405) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SNP8G-0002xV-UD for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:53:21 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SNP8A-0005nx-Tb for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:53:16 -0400 Received: from mail-wg0-f49.google.com ([74.125.82.49]:45263) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SNP8A-0005no-Ki for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:53:10 -0400 Received: by wgbds1 with SMTP id ds1so387039wgb.30 for ; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 06:53:08 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (Brian van den Broek's message of "Wed, 25 Apr 2012 01:01:32 +0200") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Brian van den Broek Cc: emacs-orgmode Hi Brian, Brian van den Broek 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