From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/44649 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Wes Hardaker Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Copyright/license issues (was: [COMMIT] sign & encrypt changes) Date: Fri, 03 May 2002 15:44:16 -0700 Organization: Network Associates - NAI Labs Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: References: <87adrjse42.fsf@alum.wpi.edu> <87wuunyrl4.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> <87u1pqbsl3.fsf@alum.wpi.edu> <87bsby4oy8.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> <87lmb2336u.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> <87662631te.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> <87wuum1lwl.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> <87g019m45c.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1020465973 32243 127.0.0.1 (3 May 2002 22:46:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 22:46:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ding@gnus.org Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 173lob-0008Nw-00 for ; Sat, 04 May 2002 00:46:13 +0200 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 173lnc-0006Vv-00; Fri, 03 May 2002 17:45:12 -0500 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Fri, 03 May 2002 17:45:27 -0500 (CDT) 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 RAA22769 for ; Fri, 3 May 2002 17:45:12 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: (qmail 3099 invoked by alias); 3 May 2002 22:44:41 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 3094 invoked from network); 3 May 2002 22:44:41 -0000 Original-Received: from adsl-64-165-72-146.dsl.scrm01.pacbell.net (HELO wanderer.hardakers.net) (64.165.72.146) by gnus.org with SMTP; 3 May 2002 22:44:41 -0000 Original-Received: (from hardaker@localhost) by wanderer.hardakers.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g43MiI105110; Fri, 3 May 2002 15:44:18 -0700 Original-To: Dmitry Bely X-Face: #qW^}a%m*T^{A:Cp}$R\"38+d}41-Z}uU8,r%F#c#s:~Nzp0G9](s?,K49KJ]s"*7gvRgA SrAvQc4@/}L7Qc=w{)]ACO\R{LF@S{pXfojjjGg6c;q6{~C}CxC^^&~(F]`1W)%9j/iS/ IM",B1M.?{w8ckLTYD'`|kTr\i\cgY)P4 In-Reply-To: <87g019m45c.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> (Florian Weimer's message of "Fri, 03 May 2002 21:18:23 +0200") Original-Lines: 20 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090006 (Oort Gnus v0.06) XEmacs/21.5 (bamboo, i686-pc-linux) Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:44649 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:44649 >>>>> On Fri, 03 May 2002 21:18:23 +0200, Florian Weimer said: Florian> It's the FSF policy. If we changed it, the FSF would stop Florian> releasing Gnus along with GNU Emacs, something we certainly Florian> wish to avoid. The real problem is that the FSF's forced assignment essentially slows development progress because it excludes developers who can't do assignments but who could otherwise still effectively release GPLed software. I'm not saying that the FSF is doing a bad thing, but it does cause problems like this one where they've effectively limited who can work on a project based not on copyrights but on assignment issues. And sub-projects like Gnus are affected if they wish to be deployed with the parent project. I'm surprised RMS hasn't tried to force Debian to go to only GPL assigned code (which greatly greatly cripple the usability of the distribution). -- "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it." -- Terry Pratchett