From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: Copyright of contributions to org-mode Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:34:50 +0100 Message-ID: References: <51405F0E.1020001@easy-emacs.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.2 \(1499\)) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:56293) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UFjxS-00012T-0f for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Mar 2013 07:35:04 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UFjxO-0005B8-6q for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Mar 2013 07:34:57 -0400 Received: from mail-we0-x230.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c03::230]:48923) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UFjxN-0005B1-Vx for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 13 Mar 2013 07:34:54 -0400 Received: by mail-we0-f176.google.com with SMTP id s43so837508wey.21 for ; Wed, 13 Mar 2013 04:34:53 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <51405F0E.1020001@easy-emacs.de> 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: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Andreas_R=F6hler?= Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On 13 mrt. 2013, at 12:12, Andreas R=F6hler = wrote: > Am 13.03.2013 11:50, schrieb Carsten Dominik: >> Dar all, >>=20 >> in the light of the recent dispute, I have now added the >> paragraph below to >>=20 >> http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contribute.html#sec-2 >>=20 >> to clarify the copyright implications of submitting >> contributions to org-mode. I hope this helps to avoid >> problems in the future. >>=20 >> Regards >>=20 >> - Carsten >>=20 >> By submitting patches to emacs-orgmode@gnu.org, or by pushing changes >> to the Org-mode repository, you are placing these changes under GPL >> version 3, with all the implications that has. If at the time you >> submit or push these changes you have active copyright assignment >> papers with the FSF, for future changes to either Org-mode or to >> Emacs, this means that copyright to these changes is automatically >> transferred to the FSF. The Org-mode repository is seen as upstream >> repository for Emacs, anything contained in it can potentially end up >> in Emacs. If you do not have signed papers with the FSF, only = changes >> to files in the contrib/ part of the repository will be accepted, as >> well as very minor changes (so-called /tiny changes/) to core files. >> You will be asked to sign FSF papers at the moment we attempt to move >> a contrib/ file into the Org core, or into Emacs. >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >=20 > Hi Carsten, >=20 > above in this document it's told >=20 > "For this you need to complete this form, send it to assign@gnu.org, = and > tell the Org-mode maintainer when this process is complete." >=20 > Would consider it fair to read after second commata something like >=20 > "whereof you will receive the copyright-assignement contract. Tell = ..." Sure, I can say this more explicitly. Thanks - Carsten >=20 > The assignment contract is very different from the disclaimer visible = so far. >=20 > Best, >=20 > Andreas >=20