From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/40380 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Florian Weimer Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: PGP support Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 15:39:35 +0100 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: <87lmh5zck8.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> References: <87eln2zeos.fsf@mclinux.com> <87r8r24d0z.fsf@squeaker.lickey.com> <87adxq4aqr.fsf@squeaker.lickey.com> <873d3e1sj7.fsf@lackawana.kippona.com> <87u1vupne3.fsf@alberti.gnupg.de> <87y9l6ik2d.fsf@mclinux.com> <87heruif7z.fsf@mclinux.com> <86r8qy4cr5.fsf@duchess.twilley.org> <87k7wp1w08.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> <86d72h3b5r.fsf@duchess.twilley.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035175940 605 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 04:52:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 04:52:20 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Original-Received: (qmail 27349 invoked from network); 17 Nov 2001 14:18:39 -0000 Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu (129.7.128.13) by mastaler.com with SMTP; 17 Nov 2001 14:18:39 -0000 Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu ([129.7.128.10] ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1656II-00085Z-00; Sat, 17 Nov 2001 08:18:06 -0600 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Sat, 17 Nov 2001 08:17:48 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (qmailr@sclp3.sclp.com [209.196.61.66]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id IAA13377 for ; Sat, 17 Nov 2001 08:17:32 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (qmail 27311 invoked by alias); 17 Nov 2001 14:17:44 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 27306 invoked from network); 17 Nov 2001 14:17:44 -0000 Original-Received: from mail.s.netic.de (HELO mail.netic.de) (212.9.160.11) by gnus.org with SMTP; 17 Nov 2001 14:17:44 -0000 Original-Received: by mail.netic.de (Smail3.2.0.111/mail.s.netic.de) via LF.net GmbH Internet Services via remoteip 212.9.163.126 via remotehost mail.enyo.de with esmtp for mail.gnus.org id m1656HU-001X2rC; Sat, 17 Nov 2001 15:17:16 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from [192.168.1.2] (helo=deneb.enyo.de ident=exim) by mail.enyo.de with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1) id 1656Fm-0001Ts-00 for ding@gnus.org; Sat, 17 Nov 2001 15:15:30 +0100 Original-Received: from fw by deneb.enyo.de with local (Exim 3.12 #1) id 1656d5-0000yD-00 for ding@gnus.org; Sat, 17 Nov 2001 15:39:35 +0100 Original-To: ding@gnus.org In-Reply-To: <86d72h3b5r.fsf@duchess.twilley.org> (Jack Twilley's message of "Sat, 17 Nov 2001 03:10:56 -0800") Original-Lines: 20 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090004 (Oort Gnus v0.04) Emacs/21.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:40380 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:40380 Jack Twilley writes: > Besides, if you finish working on it, then dozens of people can > actually use it, copyleft notwithstanding. Isn't that good? Working on gpg.el and gpg-ring.el means changing Gnus, too. I've signed a copyright assignment for Gnus (probably a mistake in retrospect, removing my contributions wouldn't have been too hard, and contrary to my expectations, there was plenty of time before the Emacs 21 release), but gpg.el and gpg-ring.el are copyrighted by my employer (well, they have the entire usufruct, I only own the moral rights). This conflict troubles me because I'm not sure whether or not my employer can claim copyright on my Gnus work if it is related to gpg.el or gpg-ring.el. I might obtain the usufruct from my employer, but I think I would need legal advice to examine the required contract. (The probability that the FSF sues me based on a copyright assignment is extremely low, but with my employer, it is existent---fairness is not an issue for some decision makers.)