On 13 mrt. 2013, at 12:12, Andreas Röhler <andreas.roeh...@easy-emacs.de> wrote:
> Am 13.03.2013 11:50, schrieb Carsten Dominik: >> Dar all, >> >> in the light of the recent dispute, I have now added the >> paragraph below to >> >> http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contribute.html#sec-2 >> >> to clarify the copyright implications of submitting >> contributions to org-mode. I hope this helps to avoid >> problems in the future. >> >> Regards >> >> - Carsten >> >> 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. >> >> >> > > Hi Carsten, > > above in this document it's told > > "For this you need to complete this form, send it to ass...@gnu.org, and > tell the Org-mode maintainer when this process is complete." > > Would consider it fair to read after second commata something like > > "whereof you will receive the copyright-assignement contract. Tell ..." Sure, I can say this more explicitly. Thanks - Carsten > > The assignment contract is very different from the disclaimer visible so far. > > Best, > > Andreas >
