From 510f531ef2307cc4e5d848c2c0ea9efd15c96409 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Glenn Morris Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 13:54:15 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] * etc/CONTRIBUTE: Clarify disclaimer a bit. --- etc/CONTRIBUTE | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/etc/CONTRIBUTE b/etc/CONTRIBUTE index 3ccd180aa0c..c9d84a8d5a2 100644 --- a/etc/CONTRIBUTE +++ b/etc/CONTRIBUTE @@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ 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. +Note that the disclaimer, like an assignment, involves you sending +signed paperwork to the FSF (simply saying "this is in the public domain" +is not enough). Also, a disclaimer cannot be applied to future work, it +has to be repeated each time you want to send something new. + 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. -- 2.39.2