Christian You are mixing licensing and copyright assignment. They are two different things.
I am withdrawing my pleasure in giving a consent for inclusion in Emacs. IMO, opinion I can do so for the files haven't landed in Emacs yet. If you look at some of my posts in Orgmode list, I make it very clear that Orgmode can choose to re-distribute the files. Jambunathan K. Christian Egli <christian.e...@sbs.ch> writes: > Jambunathan K <kjambunat...@gmail.com> writes: > >> I would like to withdraw my pleasure in having these files distributed >> as part of Org distribution. > > These files have been published under the GNU GPL[1] which gives > everybody the right to modify and redistribute them as long as they > comply with the GNU GPL. In other words the current maintainer has every > right to include these files in any further release of orgmode. > >> More specifically, I would like to know how copyright assignment works >> for files that are not yet part of Emacs. > > The copyright assignment is solely for the purpose of having one > copyright owner. This helps for legal disputes and to change the > license. However it is not needed for redistribution purposes, i.e. it > gives you no legal recourse to stop redistribution of these files. Once > you have published them under GNU GPL (and you have) everybody > (including the current maintainer of orgmode) has the four freedoms that > come with the GNU GPL[2] namely > >> the freedom to use the software for any purpose, >> the freedom to change the software to suit your needs, >> the freedom to share the software with your friends and neighbors, and >> the freedom to share the changes you make. > > Again IANAL, but then the GNU GPL is pretty clear about this. > > Hope this helps > Christian > > Footnotes: > [1] on mailing lists and in the git repo of orgmode > [2] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/quick-guide-gplv3.html --
