X-Git-Url: https://code.delx.au/gnu-emacs/blobdiff_plain/f23764dc0e5a68b7db593485d881335e23f77cdc..03e30ce84758eb96f2b947fac20288688bcb9781:/admin/notes/copyright diff --git a/admin/notes/copyright b/admin/notes/copyright index 9f7ef00a78..91bf87f3b0 100644 --- a/admin/notes/copyright +++ b/admin/notes/copyright @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ mac/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/InfoPlist.strings mac/src/Emacs.r # resource 'vers' src/emacs.c - remember to change the latest copyright year in the --version output. - [Post-release, will automate this like set-version does for version.] + `set-copyright' in admin.el will do all the above. /install-sh lispintro/install-sh @@ -147,7 +147,8 @@ etc/edt-user.doc - update BOTH notices in this file etc/emacs.csh - - keep simple license for this simple file + - written by Michael DeCorte, who has no assignment. But trivial + enough to not need license. etc/future-bug - doesn't need a humourless disclaimer, because Karl Fogel says we @@ -227,6 +228,7 @@ lisp/play/tetris.el the concept. rms: "My understanding is that game rules as such are not copyrightable." + rms: Legal advice is that we are ok and need not worry about this. lispref/doclicense.texi man/doclicense.texi @@ -305,6 +307,13 @@ originally. Although we have the legal right to switch to v2 or later, rms prefers that we do not do so. +man/*.texi - All manuals should be under GFDL, and should include a +copy of it, so that they can be distributed separately. faq.texi has +a different license, for some reason no-one can remember. +http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-04/msg00583.html +http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-04/msg00618.html + + msdos/is_exec.c, sigaction.c - these files are copyright DJ Delorie. Leave the copyrights alone. Leave the Eli Zaretskii copyright in is_exec.c alone. See the msdos/README file for the legal history of @@ -366,17 +375,24 @@ src/acldef.h, chpdef.h, ndir.h - see comments below. These files are OK to be released with Emacs 22, but we may want to revisit them afterwards. -[src/unexhp9k800.c - removed 2007/1/27] -[src/m/sr2k.h - removed 2007/1/27] - - First file removed due to legal uncertainties; second file removed - due to dependency on first. Note that src/m/hp800.h is still needed on - hp800 arch. - NB we would like to re-add this file if we can. Please let us know - if you can clarify its legal status. - ** Some notes on resolved issues, for historical information only +etc/TERMS +rms: "surely written either by me or by ESR. (If you can figure out +which year, I can probably tell you which.) Either way, we have papers +for it." It was present in Emacs-16.56 (15-jul-85). rms: "Then I +conclude it was written by me." + +etc/ulimit.hack + Very obsolete file removed March 2007. Doesn't say who the author +is, but web-search suggests Karl Kleinpaste, who has no Emacs +assignment. Trivial anyway. +http://groups.google.com/group/comp.unix.shell/browse_thread/thread/bf3df496994\ +9f1df/7e5922c67b3a98fb +http://groups.google.com/group/comp.unix.questions/msg/cc7e49cacfd1ccb4 + (original 1987 source) + lisp/term/README - had no copyright notice till Feb 2007. ChangeLog.3 suggests it was written by Eric Raymond. When asked by rms on 14 Feb 2007 he said: @@ -389,6 +405,35 @@ lisp/term/README Accordingly, FSF copyright was added. +src/unexhp9k800.c (and dependent src/m/sr2k.h) + http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-02/msg00138.html + - briefly removed due to legal uncertainly Jan-Mar 2007. The + relevant assignment is under "hp9k800" in copyright.list. File was + written by John V. Morris at HP, and disclaimed by the author and + HP. So this file is public domain. + + +K Rodgers changes + It was pointed out that K Rodgers only had assigments for VC and + ps-print, but had changed several other files. We tried to contact + him for a general assignment, but he proved uncommunicative (despite + initially indicating to rms he would sign an assignment). As a result, his + changes were removed and/or rewritten independently. For details, see + threads: +http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-04/msg00225.html +http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-04/msg00257.html + + But then an assignment arrived before the release of Emacs 22: +http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-04/msg01427.html + + +lisp/progmodes/python.el +Dave Love alerted us to a potential legal problem: +http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-pretest-bug/2007-04/msg00459.html + +On consultation with a lawyer, we found there was no problem: +http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-05/msg00466.html + ** Issues that are "fixed" for the release of Emacs 22, but we may wish to revisit later in more detail @@ -417,6 +462,21 @@ src/acldef.h, chpdef.h, ndir.h and possibly add a list of all authors who have changed these files. (details in email from Matt Norwood to rms, 2007/02/03). +etc/ms-7bkermit + Says it was written by Andy Lowry and Joel Spolsky. No entry for +either in copyright.list. NB this file is not "constrained" like +ms-kermit (rms: "We know it isn't. A comment at the front says it has +other bindings which might be handy."). File removed March 2007. +Re-add if clear up status at some point. + +etc/Xkeymap.txt + No info on author. File removed March 2007. rms: "It says it is +RLK's way of remapping his keyboard, so it is not constrained. I think +it was written by RLK. Let's delete it; if we contact RLK again, we +can put it back." Actually, RLK == Robert Krawitz has an Emacs +assignment. So this could be restored if it is still useful, but Jan Djärv +says it is obsolete: + src/m/mips4.h, news-risc.h, pmax.h src/s/aix3-2.h, bsd386.h, hpux8.h, hpux9.h, irix4-0.h, irix5-0.h, @@ -499,9 +559,6 @@ system) Emacs 22 is released (though if they can be fixed before, that is obviously good): -Maybe some relevant comments here? - - Is it OK to just `cvs remove' a file for legal reasons, or is something more drastic needed? A removed file is still available from @@ -516,8 +573,8 @@ noted in this file. REMOVED etc/gnu.xpm, nt/icons/emacs21.ico, nt/icons/sink.ico - Restore if find legal info. emacs21.ico is not due to Davenport. - Voelker could not immediately recall anything, but will check and - let us know if he finds anything. + Geoff Voelker checked but could not find a record of where it came + from. etc/images @@ -536,15 +593,9 @@ etc/TUTORIAL* (translations) Done: TUTORIAL.eo -REMOVED src/unexhp9k800.c - - we would like to re-add this file if possible. Please let us know - if you can clarify its legal status. - http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-02/msg00138.html - - *** These are copyright issues still to be addressed: -Do we need an assignment from Kevin Rodgers? (rms) +None known.