>>> "EL" == Eric Ludlam <ericlud...@gmail.com> writes:
Hi Eric, > Hi Uwe, > John and I didn't get copyright assignments, just approval to > contribute and distribute using a GPL like license. I'll look into > what it will take to also get an assignment. Ok, this is a misunderstanding then. Please do whatever its convenient for you. If you or John feel uncomfortable signing FSF papers, then we can drop the issue and matlab emacs stays in MELPA. > I am not familiar with copyright law regarding the fact that if I > re-wrote a lot of the old code means the old contributors no longer > hold copyright. If someone sent me a patch, and I did my own > implementation, that is ok, but in a lot of cases, I would have > installed a patch, and then later gone back and fixed things up or > replaced old code. I am uncertain if the FSF will require some sort > of proof of full replacement which would be difficult since old > change-logs were done before modern version control systems were used > with this project. Right that is really a sophisticated issue. I think before even starting to resolve it we need that all the contributors visible in git/mercurial to sign the FSF papers. If they can't or don't want to we can forget the subject. Regards Uwe
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