From: Glenn Morris Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 19:46:26 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Sync from trunk (though admin/ is not distributed, so this is not X-Git-Tag: emacs-pretest-22.0.990~36 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c927bd84fa0db5cafdbad82fd7c61c45e0edf5c4;p=emacs.git Sync from trunk (though admin/ is not distributed, so this is not important). --- 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." + 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? - - 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.