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| author | Karoly Lorentey | 2007-04-22 12:12:29 +0000 |
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| committer | Karoly Lorentey | 2007-04-22 12:12:29 +0000 |
| commit | e18c709364b095ea0be8ecabe458ac9a642a252f (patch) | |
| tree | efe814a842f932f387b3947c572bf43a548d17ef /admin/notes | |
| parent | 81088e260b086fe28f36964f32b6338210ec6fd8 (diff) | |
| parent | 9f25e707aaad5ed14a9448e9c5d345ff0bdbc5a7 (diff) | |
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Merged from emacs@sv.gnu.org
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* emacs@sv.gnu.org/emacs--devo--0--patch-660
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* emacs@sv.gnu.org/emacs--devo--0--patch-661
Merge from gnus--rel--5.10
* emacs@sv.gnu.org/emacs--devo--0--patch-662
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* emacs@sv.gnu.org/emacs--devo--0--patch-663
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* emacs@sv.gnu.org/emacs--devo--0--patch-664
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* emacs@sv.gnu.org/emacs--devo--0--patch-665
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* emacs@sv.gnu.org/emacs--devo--0--patch-666
Fix read-only prompt problem in isearch
* emacs@sv.gnu.org/emacs--devo--0--patch-667
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* emacs@sv.gnu.org/emacs--devo--0--patch-668
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* emacs@sv.gnu.org/emacs--devo--0--patch-669
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* emacs@sv.gnu.org/emacs--devo--0--patch-670
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* emacs@sv.gnu.org/emacs--devo--0--patch-671
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* emacs@sv.gnu.org/emacs--devo--0--patch-672
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* emacs@sv.gnu.org/emacs--devo--0--patch-673
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* emacs@sv.gnu.org/gnus--rel--5.10--patch-206
Merge from emacs--devo--0
* emacs@sv.gnu.org/gnus--rel--5.10--patch-207
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* emacs@sv.gnu.org/gnus--rel--5.10--patch-208
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git-archimport-id: lorentey@elte.hu--2004/emacs--multi-tty--0--patch-600
Diffstat (limited to 'admin/notes')
| -rw-r--r-- | admin/notes/copyright | 83 |
1 files changed, 65 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/admin/notes/copyright b/admin/notes/copyright index 036efa6f006..8fed418ed6e 100644 --- a/admin/notes/copyright +++ b/admin/notes/copyright | |||
| @@ -15,19 +15,26 @@ longer, eg the text "GNU Emacs is free software...". | |||
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 16 | Summary for the impatient: | 16 | Summary for the impatient: |
| 17 | 17 | ||
| 18 | 1. Don't add a file to Emacs written by someone other than yourself | 18 | 1. Don't add code to Emacs written by someone other than yourself |
| 19 | without thinking about the legal aspect (make sure they have an | 19 | without thinking about the legal aspect. Even if the changes are |
| 20 | assignment, adjust the copyright statements in the file). NB the | 20 | trivial, consider if they combine with previous changes by the same |
| 21 | ChangeLog entry should be in the name of the author of the code, not | 21 | author to make a non-trivial total. If so, make sure they have an |
| 22 | the person who installs it. | 22 | assignment. If adding a whole file adjust the copyright statements in |
| 23 | 23 | the file. | |
| 24 | 2. With images, add the legal info to a README file in the directory | 24 | |
| 25 | 2. When installing code written by someone else, the ChangeLog entry | ||
| 26 | should be in the name of the author of the code, not the person who | ||
| 27 | installs it. I think it is helpful to put the author (if not yourself) | ||
| 28 | in the CVS log as well; and to not install any of your own changes in | ||
| 29 | the same commit. | ||
| 30 | |||
| 31 | 3. With images, add the legal info to a README file in the directory | ||
| 25 | containing the image. | 32 | containing the image. |
| 26 | 33 | ||
| 27 | 3. If you add a lot of text to a previously trivial file that had no | 34 | 4. If you add a lot of text to a previously trivial file that had no |
| 28 | legal notices, consider if you should add a copyright statement. | 35 | legal notices, consider if you should add a copyright statement. |
| 29 | 36 | ||
| 30 | 4. Please don't just add an FSF copyright without checking that is the | 37 | 5. Please don't just add an FSF copyright without checking that is the |
| 31 | right thing to do. | 38 | right thing to do. |
| 32 | 39 | ||
| 33 | 40 | ||
| @@ -133,11 +140,15 @@ lispintro/install-sh | |||
| 133 | src/m/news-r6.h | 140 | src/m/news-r6.h |
| 134 | public domain, leave alone. | 141 | public domain, leave alone. |
| 135 | 142 | ||
| 143 | etc/BABYL, ms-kermit | ||
| 144 | no notices (see below). | ||
| 145 | |||
| 136 | etc/edt-user.doc | 146 | etc/edt-user.doc |
| 137 | - update BOTH notices in this file | 147 | - update BOTH notices in this file |
| 138 | 148 | ||
| 139 | etc/emacs.csh | 149 | etc/emacs.csh |
| 140 | - keep simple license for this simple file | 150 | - written by Michael DeCorte, who has no assignment. But trivial |
| 151 | enough to not need license. | ||
| 141 | 152 | ||
| 142 | etc/future-bug | 153 | etc/future-bug |
| 143 | - doesn't need a humourless disclaimer, because Karl Fogel says we | 154 | - doesn't need a humourless disclaimer, because Karl Fogel says we |
| @@ -159,6 +170,12 @@ WHY-FREE | |||
| 159 | licenses that they have. They are distributed with Emacs but they | 170 | licenses that they have. They are distributed with Emacs but they |
| 160 | are not part of Emacs." | 171 | are not part of Emacs." |
| 161 | 172 | ||
| 173 | etc/HELLO | ||
| 174 | standard notices. Just a note that although the file itself is not | ||
| 175 | really copyrightable, in the wider context of it being part of | ||
| 176 | Emacs (and written by those with assignments), a standard notice is | ||
| 177 | fine. | ||
| 178 | |||
| 162 | etc/MAILINGLISTS | 179 | etc/MAILINGLISTS |
| 163 | rms: simple license is fine for this file | 180 | rms: simple license is fine for this file |
| 164 | 181 | ||
| @@ -361,6 +378,21 @@ src/acldef.h, chpdef.h, ndir.h | |||
| 361 | 378 | ||
| 362 | ** Some notes on resolved issues, for historical information only | 379 | ** Some notes on resolved issues, for historical information only |
| 363 | 380 | ||
| 381 | etc/TERMS | ||
| 382 | rms: "surely written either by me or by ESR. (If you can figure out | ||
| 383 | which year, I can probably tell you which.) Either way, we have papers | ||
| 384 | for it." It was present in Emacs-16.56 (15-jul-85). rms: "Then I | ||
| 385 | conclude it was written by me." | ||
| 386 | |||
| 387 | etc/ulimit.hack | ||
| 388 | Very obsolete file removed March 2007. Doesn't say who the author | ||
| 389 | is, but web-search suggests Karl Kleinpaste, who has no Emacs | ||
| 390 | assignment. Trivial anyway. | ||
| 391 | http://groups.google.com/group/comp.unix.shell/browse_thread/thread/bf3df496994\ | ||
| 392 | 9f1df/7e5922c67b3a98fb | ||
| 393 | http://groups.google.com/group/comp.unix.questions/msg/cc7e49cacfd1ccb4 | ||
| 394 | (original 1987 source) | ||
| 395 | |||
| 364 | lisp/term/README | 396 | lisp/term/README |
| 365 | - had no copyright notice till Feb 2007. ChangeLog.3 suggests it was | 397 | - had no copyright notice till Feb 2007. ChangeLog.3 suggests it was |
| 366 | written by Eric Raymond. When asked by rms on 14 Feb 2007 he said: | 398 | written by Eric Raymond. When asked by rms on 14 Feb 2007 he said: |
| @@ -381,11 +413,16 @@ lisp/term/README | |||
| 381 | admin/check-doc-strings | 413 | admin/check-doc-strings |
| 382 | File says it's in the public domain, but that might not make it so. | 414 | File says it's in the public domain, but that might not make it so. |
| 383 | 415 | ||
| 416 | etc/BABYL | ||
| 417 | File written long ago by authors with no assignment. Keep them | ||
| 418 | without notices for now, try and contact authors if possible. Be | ||
| 419 | ready to remove these files if the authors ever object. | ||
| 384 | 420 | ||
| 421 | etc/ms-kermit | ||
| 385 | etc/e/eterm-color.ti | 422 | etc/e/eterm-color.ti |
| 386 | src/acldef.h, chpdef.h, ndir.h | 423 | src/acldef.h, chpdef.h, ndir.h |
| 387 | On legal advice from Matt Norwood, the following comment was added | 424 | On legal advice from Matt Norwood, the following comment was added |
| 388 | to these files in Feb 2007: | 425 | to these files in Feb/Mar 2007: |
| 389 | 426 | ||
| 390 | The code here is forced by the interface, and is not subject to | 427 | The code here is forced by the interface, and is not subject to |
| 391 | copyright, constituting the only possible expression of the | 428 | copyright, constituting the only possible expression of the |
| @@ -396,6 +433,21 @@ src/acldef.h, chpdef.h, ndir.h | |||
| 396 | and possibly add a list of all authors who have changed these files. | 433 | and possibly add a list of all authors who have changed these files. |
| 397 | (details in email from Matt Norwood to rms, 2007/02/03). | 434 | (details in email from Matt Norwood to rms, 2007/02/03). |
| 398 | 435 | ||
| 436 | etc/ms-7bkermit | ||
| 437 | Says it was written by Andy Lowry and Joel Spolsky. No entry for | ||
| 438 | either in copyright.list. NB this file is not "constrained" like | ||
| 439 | ms-kermit (rms: "We know it isn't. A comment at the front says it has | ||
| 440 | other bindings which might be handy."). File removed March 2007. | ||
| 441 | Re-add if clear up status at some point. | ||
| 442 | |||
| 443 | etc/Xkeymap.txt | ||
| 444 | No info on author. File removed March 2007. rms: "It says it is | ||
| 445 | RLK's way of remapping his keyboard, so it is not constrained. I think | ||
| 446 | it was written by RLK. Let's delete it; if we contact RLK again, we | ||
| 447 | can put it back." Actually, RLK == Robert Krawitz has an Emacs | ||
| 448 | assignment. So this could be restored if it is still useful, but Jan Djärv | ||
| 449 | says it is obsolete: | ||
| 450 | <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-03/msg00673.html> | ||
| 399 | 451 | ||
| 400 | src/m/mips4.h, news-risc.h, pmax.h | 452 | src/m/mips4.h, news-risc.h, pmax.h |
| 401 | src/s/aix3-2.h, bsd386.h, hpux8.h, hpux9.h, irix4-0.h, irix5-0.h, | 453 | src/s/aix3-2.h, bsd386.h, hpux8.h, hpux9.h, irix4-0.h, irix5-0.h, |
| @@ -493,11 +545,6 @@ Make sure that all files with non-standard copyrights or licenses are | |||
| 493 | noted in this file. | 545 | noted in this file. |
| 494 | 546 | ||
| 495 | 547 | ||
| 496 | etc/BABYL | ||
| 497 | File says it was written in 1983 by Eugene Ciccarelli, who has no | ||
| 498 | assignment. RMS: "The lawyer said we can keep BABYL." | ||
| 499 | |||
| 500 | |||
| 501 | REMOVED etc/gnu.xpm, nt/icons/emacs21.ico, nt/icons/sink.ico | 548 | REMOVED etc/gnu.xpm, nt/icons/emacs21.ico, nt/icons/sink.ico |
| 502 | - Restore if find legal info. emacs21.ico is not due to Davenport. | 549 | - Restore if find legal info. emacs21.ico is not due to Davenport. |
| 503 | Voelker could not immediately recall anything, but will check and | 550 | Voelker could not immediately recall anything, but will check and |
| @@ -528,8 +575,8 @@ REMOVED src/unexhp9k800.c | |||
| 528 | 575 | ||
| 529 | *** These are copyright issues still to be addressed: | 576 | *** These are copyright issues still to be addressed: |
| 530 | 577 | ||
| 531 | 578 | Need an assignment from Kevin Rodgers (rms), else several changes to | |
| 532 | etc/ms-kermit - no copyright, but ms-7bkermit has one | 579 | deal with. |
| 533 | 580 | ||
| 534 | 581 | ||
| 535 | 582 | ||