Re: I have terminated my assignment

["Andreas Röhler" <andreas.roehler@easy-emacs.de>]

Am 03.04.2013 00:25, schrieb John Hendy:
> On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 5:16 PM, Christian Moe <mail@christianmoe.com> wrote:
>>
>> Jambunathan,
>>
>> If you're leaving the Org-mode community, I'd prefer to remember you
>> with gratitude for leaving us the excellent ODT exporter. Please stop
>> diminishing your legacy with this quasi-legal wrangling.
>>
>> As a user, I have greatly appreciated both your code contributions and
>> your patient help on the mailing list in the past. I think your recent
>> way of registering your displeasure with the Org maintainer is beneath
>> you. Also unhelpful, pointless, damaging to the community, and, in the
>> worst-case scenario, a damn waste of good work.
>>
>> Yours,
>> Christian
>>
>> Jambunathan K writes:
>>
>>> I have terminated my copyright assignment to Emacs (or atleast notified
>>> the copyright desk).
>
> With respect to Org staying up to date on these developments, it
> probably *is* a good idea to know how Emacs/FSF responds. Should the
> rights be granted back to Jambunathan, Org should behave accordingly.
>

Hi John,

as for the GPLed code, no one may revert it's GPLed status once published. That's great with GPL, made it a success story.
Can't see anything to grant back so far from Org's side.

Best,

Andreas

> As it currently reads however, it made me think of something along the
> lines of, "I have terminated my marriage to my wife (or at least left
> a message with her secretary to let her know)." The two are hardly the
> same. Until this is formalized, papers signed and rights granted
> (regardless of 20/20 hindsight and warnings to other potential
> signers) still stand as binding.
>
>
> John
>
>