require that the copyright be assigned to the FSF. For the reasons
behind this, see: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-assign.html .
-Copyright assignment is a simple process. If you live in the US, you
+Copyright assignment is a simple process. Residents of some countries
can do it entirely electronically. We can help you get started, and
answer any questions you may have (or point you to the people with the
answers), at the emacs-devel@gnu.org mailing list.
+(Please note: general discussion about why some GNU projects ask
+for a copyright assignment is off-topic for emacs-devel.
+See gnu-misc-discuss instead.)
+
A copyright disclaimer is also a possibility, but we prefer an assignment.
Note that the disclaimer, like an assignment, involves you sending
signed paperwork to the FSF (simply saying "this is in the public domain"
* Getting the Source Code
-The latest version of Emacs can be downloaded using Bazaar from the
+The latest version of the Emacs source code can be downloaded from the
Savannah web site. It is important to write your patch based on the
latest version. If you start from an older version, your patch may be
outdated (so that maintainers will have a hard time applying it), or
** The patch itself.
-If you are accessing the Bazaar repository, make sure your copy is
-up-to-date (e.g. with `bzr pull'), then use
- bzr diff --no-aliases --diff-options=-cp
+If you are accessing the Emacs repository, make sure your copy is
+up-to-date (e.g. with `git pull'), then use
+ git diff
Else, use
diff -cp OLD NEW
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