From 71428fe79a4b34b398b8d994ea39c0c82211cfce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Glenn Morris Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 19:09:09 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] *** empty log message *** --- admin/notes/copyright | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/admin/notes/copyright b/admin/notes/copyright index 259e45b3b60..8f4f05a4f00 100644 --- a/admin/notes/copyright +++ b/admin/notes/copyright @@ -13,6 +13,19 @@ A "license notice" is a statement of permissions, and is usually much longer, eg the text "GNU Emacs is free software...". +Summary for the impatient: + +1. Don't add a file to Emacs written by someone other than yourself +without thinking about the legal aspect (make sure they have an +assignment, adjust the copyright statements in the file). + +2. With images, add the legal info to a README file in the directory +containing the image. + +3. If you add a lot of text to a previously trivial file that had no +legal notices, consider if you should add a copyright statement. + + Every non-trivial file distributed through the Emacs CVS should be self-explanatory in terms of copyright and license. This includes files that are not distributed in Emacs releases (for example, the -- 2.39.2