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From: John Hendy <jw.hendy@gmail.com>
To: Christian Moe <mail@christianmoe.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>,
	Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: I have terminated my assignment
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 17:25:10 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+M2ft9BBzM3sOpYu-SL_zY7cmzacdqZkRNCDaXu+Vq6j6BQXw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m2sj38a88u.fsf@christianmoe.com>

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.

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

  reply	other threads:[~2013-04-02 22:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-04-02  8:42 I have terminated my assignment Jambunathan K
2013-04-02 22:16 ` Christian Moe
2013-04-02 22:25   ` John Hendy [this message]
2013-04-03  5:38     ` Andreas Röhler
2013-04-03 14:49     ` Christian Moe
2013-04-03  4:15 ` Carsten Dominik
2013-04-03  5:52   ` Jambunathan K
2013-04-03  8:07     ` Carsten Dominik
2013-04-03  8:37       ` Jambunathan K
2013-04-03  9:14       ` Jambunathan K
2013-04-03  6:10 ` Bastien
2013-04-03  7:50   ` Jambunathan K
2013-04-03 13:22     ` Eric Schulte
2013-04-04 10:11       ` Vikas Rawal
2013-04-05 15:58         ` Christopher Allan Webber
2013-04-03 17:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-04-03 17:51   ` Jambunathan K
2013-04-03 18:14     ` Eli Zaretskii

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