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authorGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2007-05-13 19:46:26 +0000
committerGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2007-05-13 19:46:26 +0000
commitc927bd84fa0db5cafdbad82fd7c61c45e0edf5c4 (patch)
treee567225944e43195807a41c9e659bc7e55a4331a
parentd41f3c4acebf1a8a0d1c8bc36a910e12ab4473d0 (diff)
downloademacs-c927bd84fa0db5cafdbad82fd7c61c45e0edf5c4.tar.gz
Sync from trunk (though admin/ is not distributed, so this is not
important).
-rw-r--r--admin/notes/copyright22
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/admin/notes/copyright b/admin/notes/copyright
index ce8953993de..6c9a7382c33 100644
--- a/admin/notes/copyright
+++ b/admin/notes/copyright
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ lisp/play/tetris.el
the concept.
rms: "My understanding is that game rules as such are not copyrightable."
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-01/msg00960.html>
+ rms: Legal advice is that we are ok and need not worry about this.
lispref/doclicense.texi
man/doclicense.texi
@@ -405,6 +406,7 @@ 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
@@ -425,6 +427,14 @@ http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-04/msg00257.html
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
@@ -549,9 +559,6 @@ system)
Emacs 22 is released (though if they can be fixed before, that is
obviously good):
-Maybe some relevant comments here?
-<http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.legal/browse_thread/thread/123547ea95437a1f>
-
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
@@ -586,16 +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:
-python.el potential legal problem
-http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-pretest-bug/2007-04/msg00459.html
+None known.