Fix bug re noninteractive multithreaded memory allocation.

[gnu-emacs] / etc / CONTRIBUTE

diff --git a/etc/CONTRIBUTE b/etc/CONTRIBUTE
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright (C) 2006-2011  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 2006-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

 See end for license conditions.
 
 
 See end for license conditions.
 
 


@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ inclusion in a future version of Emacs (see below).
 
 If you don't feel up to hacking Emacs, there are many other ways to
 help.  You can answer questions on the mailing lists, write
 
 If you don't feel up to hacking Emacs, there are many other ways to
 help.  You can answer questions on the mailing lists, write

-documentation, find and report bugs, contribute to the Emacs web
+documentation, find and report bugs, check if existing bug reports
+are fixed in newer versions of Emacs, contribute to the Emacs web

 pages, or develop a package that works with Emacs.
 
 Here are some style and legal conventions for contributors to Emacs:
 pages, or develop a package that works with Emacs.
 
 Here are some style and legal conventions for contributors to Emacs:


@@ -44,13 +45,24 @@ Ref: The "Tips" Appendix in the Emacs Lisp Reference.
 
 * Copyright Assignment
 
 
 * Copyright Assignment
 

-We can accept small changes (roughly, fewer than 15 lines) without
-legal papers.  Anything more substantial requires a copyright
-disclaimer or assignment (the latter is preferred, especially for
-larger changes).  Both of these involved filling out a short form and
-filing it with the FSF.  The process is straightforward -- contact us
-at emacs-devel@gnu.org to obtain the relevant forms.
+The FSF (Free Software Foundation) is the copyright holder for GNU Emacs.
+The FSF is a nonprofit with a worldwide mission to promote computer
+user freedom and to defend the rights of all free software users.
+For general information, see the website http://www.fsf.org/ .
+
+Generally speaking, for non-trivial contributions to GNU Emacs we
+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
+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.
+
+A copyright disclaimer is also a possibility, but we prefer an assignment.
+We can accept small changes (roughly, fewer than 15 lines) without
+an assignment.  This is a cumulative limit (e.g. three separate 5 line
+patches) over all your contributions.

 
 * Getting the Source Code
 
 
 * Getting the Source Code