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: Tue, 24 Apr 2012 23:35:25 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y5pkrexu.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F96D07B.1050506@gmail.com> (Brian van den Broek's message of "Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:10:35 +0200")
Hi Brian,
Brian van den Broek <brian.van.den.broek@gmail.com> writes:
> The attached patch provides a number of minor (and pedantic, I
> suppose) grammar tweaks to doc/org.texi.
Applied, thanks.
> I've labelled it a TINYCHANGE. I am not sure of the exact bounds of what
> can count as a tiny change, but all this does is insert `a', `an' and `in'
> in a number of places in the docs.
A "tiny change" is a change that modifies <= than 20 lines.
> I've quite a few other typo corrections / phrasing improvements I could
> make to the docs, but I cannot presently sign the FSF papers. (I am on
> leave, living abroad for the year, and won't be able to get my employer's
> sign-off until I return home.) I'd appreciate being told if further
> documentation patches can be accepted in these circumstances. If they
> cannot, I will have to wait until I can address the FSF papers issue with
> my employer.
I suggest this:
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.)
2. try to convince your boss/company that it can be useful.
3. try to give advice on the list in a way that makes it easy for others
to create a patch.
But in your situation, submitting patches would just prevent us from
getting your corrections into Emacs.
Sorry for these bureaucratic contraints, and thanks for your
understanding!
--
Bastien
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-04-24 21:34 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 [this message]
2012-04-24 23:01 ` Brian van den Broek
2012-04-26 13:54 ` Bastien
2012-04-30 16:45 ` Brian van den Broek
2012-04-30 23:46 ` Bastien
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