From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Andreas_R=F6hler?= Subject: Re: Copyright of contributions to org-mode Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 13:05:29 +0100 Message-ID: <51406B89.6020502@easy-emacs.de> References: <1363173236.62109.YahooMailNeo@web29801.mail.ird.yahoo.com> <87mwu7ecxl.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:35499) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UFkQI-0002vj-DJ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Mar 2013 08:04:50 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UFkQD-0007oq-Jv for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Mar 2013 08:04:46 -0400 Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.17.8]:55233) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UFkQD-0007mL-Al for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Mar 2013 08:04:41 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87mwu7ecxl.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> 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: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Am 13.03.2013 12:50, schrieb Bastien: > Hi Carsten, > > Carsten Dominik writes: > >> I will write GLPv3 or later and not specify this further, OK? > > I'd state it like this: > > "... you are placing this changes under the same licensing terms > than those under which GNU Emacs is published: > > ;; GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify > ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by > ;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or > ;; (at your option) any later version. > > If at the time you submit or push these changes you have active > copyright assignment papers..." > > Maybe that's a bit heavy-handed, but it avoids any confusion about the > "or" in "GNU GPLv3 or any later"... > > Or maybe drop that sentence. GPL is a complete different matter, as mentioned earlier :) You may assign copyright also without GPL ... etc. It's at the receiver to choose the license than. Cheers