Re: org-bbdb-anniversaries-future

[Rasmus <rasmus@gmx.us>]

Michael Welle <mwe012008@gmx.net> writes:

> Hello,
>
> Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> writes:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Michael Welle <mwe012008@gmx.net> writes:
>>
>>> Even if we assume its quality is high enough to integrate it into Org,
>>
>> If code quality was a concern, Org would still be in alpha release ;)
> thank you for your kind words, Nicolas ;).
>
>
>>> there might or might not be another problem: I haven't signed the FSF
>>> papers. I would like to see the functionality in Org, too. Perhaps
>>> someone can sneak it in ;). I can repost the code, stating that it is
>>> licensed under the GPL or is even in the public domain, if that helps.
>>
>> I don't think it helps. IIRC, code integration in Emacs is pretty
>> strict. You could simply sign FSF papers.
> Yes. Trouble is nobody could explain to me what I have to sign and what
> that means in the legal system I'm in. My last attempt to find that out
> was in #emacs. It's about 'transfer of copyright' to the FSF. If I
> translate 'copyright' to the corresponding construct in our legal
> system, the transfer isn't possible. I can't give away the copyright.
> Maybe 'transfer of copyright' isn't what signing the FSF papers mean, I
> don't know. And IANAL ;).

You might want to discuss this with the FSF copyright clerk

    copyright-clerk@fsf.org

They will also be able to tell you if you can use e.g. the FSFE
assignments.

Rasmus

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