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b05db979 | 1 | Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
e3e14128 | 2 | See the end of the file for license conditions. |
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3 | |
4 | ||
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5 | NOTES ON COPYRIGHTS AND LICENSES |
6 | ||
7 | Some terminology: | |
8 | ||
9 | A "copyright notice" consists of one or a few lines of this format: | |
10 | "Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc." | |
11 | ||
12 | A "license notice" is a statement of permissions, and is usually much | |
13 | longer, eg the text "GNU Emacs is free software...". | |
14 | ||
15 | ||
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16 | Summary for the impatient: |
17 | ||
18 | 1. Don't add a file to Emacs written by someone other than yourself | |
19 | without thinking about the legal aspect (make sure they have an | |
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20 | assignment, adjust the copyright statements in the file). NB the |
21 | ChangeLog entry should be in the name of the author of the code, not | |
22 | the person who installs it. | |
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23 | |
24 | 2. With images, add the legal info to a README file in the directory | |
25 | containing the image. | |
26 | ||
27 | 3. If you add a lot of text to a previously trivial file that had no | |
28 | legal notices, consider if you should add a copyright statement. | |
29 | ||
f199f76c GM |
30 | 4. Please don't just add an FSF copyright without checking that is the |
31 | right thing to do. | |
32 | ||
71428fe7 | 33 | |
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34 | Every non-trivial file distributed through the Emacs CVS should be |
35 | self-explanatory in terms of copyright and license. This includes | |
36 | files that are not distributed in Emacs releases (for example, the | |
37 | admin/ directory), because the whole Emacs CVS is publicly | |
38 | available. | |
39 | ||
40 | The definition of triviality is a little vague, but a rule of thumb is | |
41 | that any file with less than 15 lines of actual content is trivial. If | |
42 | a file is auto-generated (eg ldefs-boot.el) from another one in the | |
43 | CVS, then it does not really matter about adding a copyright statement | |
44 | to the generated file. | |
45 | ||
d502a3da GM |
46 | Legal advice says that we could, if we wished, put a license notice |
47 | even in trivial files, because copyright law in general looks at the | |
48 | overall work as a whole. It is not _necessary_ to do so, and rms | |
49 | prefers that we do not. This means one needs to take care that trivial | |
50 | files do not grow and become non-trivial without having a license | |
51 | added. NB consequently, if you add a lot of text to a small file, | |
52 | consider whether your changes have made the file worthy of a copyright | |
53 | notice, and if so, please add one. | |
c320d3b8 | 54 | |
9bfceb2b GM |
55 | It can be helpful to put a reminder comment at the start of a trivial |
56 | file, eg: "add a license notice if this grows to > 10 lines of code". | |
57 | ||
571975c0 GM |
58 | The years in the copyright notice should be updated every year (see |
59 | file "years" in this directory). The PS versions of refcards etc | |
60 | should display copyright notices (an exception to the rule about | |
61 | "generated" files), but these can just display the latest year. The | |
62 | full list of years should be kept in comments in the source file. If | |
63 | these are distributed in CVS, check in a regenerated version when the | |
64 | tex files are updated. | |
65 | ||
66 | Copyright changes should be propagated to any associated repositories | |
67 | (eg Gnus, MH-E), but I think in every case this happens automatically | |
68 | (?). | |
69 | ||
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70 | All README (and other such text files) that are non-trivial should |
71 | contain copyright statements and GPL license notices, exactly as .el | |
bf5e9393 | 72 | files do (see e.g. README in the top-level directory). Before 2007, |
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73 | we used a simple, short statement permitting copying and modification |
74 | provided legal notices were retained. In Feb 2007 we switched to the | |
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75 | standard GPL text, on legal advice. Some older text files in etc/ |
76 | should, however, keep their current licenses (see below for list). | |
571975c0 | 77 | |
e3e14128 GM |
78 | For image files, the copyright and license details should be recorded |
79 | in a README file in each directory with images. (Legal advice says | |
80 | that we need not add notices to each image file individually, if they | |
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81 | allow for that.). It is recommended to use the word "convert" to |
82 | describe the automatic process of changing an image from one format to | |
83 | another (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-02/msg00618.html). | |
84 | ||
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85 | |
86 | When installing a file with an "unusual" license (after checking first | |
87 | it is ok), put a copy of the copyright and license in the file (if | |
88 | possible. It's ok if this makes the file incompatible with its | |
89 | original format, if it can still be used by Emacs), or in a README | |
90 | file in the relevant directory. | |
91 | ||
92 | The vast majority of files are copyright FSF and distributed under the | |
93 | GPL. A few files (mainly related to language and charset support) are | |
94 | copyright AIST alone, or both AIST and FSF. (Contact Kenichi Handa | |
95 | with questions about legal issues in such files.) In all these cases, | |
96 | the copyright years in each file should be updated each year. | |
97 | ||
98 | There are some exceptions to the points in the previous paragraph, and | |
99 | these are listed below for reference, together with any files where | |
100 | the copyright needs to be updated in "unusual" ways. | |
101 | ||
102 | If you find any other such cases, please consult to check they are ok, | |
103 | and note them in this file. This includes missing copyright notices, | |
104 | and "odd" copyright holders. In most cases, individual authors should | |
105 | not appear in copyright statements. Either the copyright has been | |
106 | assigned (check copyright.list) to the FSF (in which case the original | |
107 | author should be removed and the year(s) transferred to the FSF); or | |
108 | else it is possible the file should not be in Emacs at all (please | |
109 | report!). | |
110 | ||
c14dd816 GM |
111 | Note that it seems painfully clear that one cannot rely on CVS logs, |
112 | or even ChangeLogs, for older changes. People often installed changes | |
113 | from others, without recording the true authorship. | |
114 | ||
571975c0 GM |
115 | [For reference, most of these points were established via email with |
116 | rms, 2007/1, "Copyright years".] | |
117 | ||
118 | ||
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119 | lib-src/etags.c # print_version |
120 | lib-src/rcs2log # Copyright | |
121 | lisp/calc/calc-help.el # calc-full-help | |
122 | lisp/startup.el # fancy-splash-tail | |
123 | mac/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/InfoPlist.strings | |
124 | mac/src/Emacs.r # resource 'vers' | |
125 | src/emacs.c | |
126 | - remember to change the latest copyright year in the --version output. | |
127 | [Post-release, will automate this like set-version does for version.] | |
128 | ||
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129 | <top-level>/install-sh |
130 | lispintro/install-sh | |
131 | - this file is copyright MIT, which is OK. Leave the copyright alone. | |
132 | ||
c320d3b8 | 133 | src/m/news-r6.h |
5aa27cc9 GM |
134 | public domain, leave alone. |
135 | ||
571975c0 GM |
136 | etc/edt-user.doc |
137 | - update BOTH notices in this file | |
138 | ||
d502a3da GM |
139 | etc/emacs.csh |
140 | - keep simple license for this simple file | |
141 | ||
fb89a85b GM |
142 | etc/future-bug |
143 | - doesn't need a humourless disclaimer, because Karl Fogel says we | |
144 | can consider it part of Emacs, and he has a blanker disclaimer for | |
145 | Emacs changes. (email to rgm "[Emacs-commit] emacs/etc future-bug", | |
146 | 2007028) | |
147 | ||
5aa27cc9 | 148 | etc/letter.pbm,letter.xpm |
c14dd816 | 149 | - trivial, no notice needed. |
5aa27cc9 GM |
150 | <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-02/msg00324.html> |
151 | ||
c320d3b8 GM |
152 | etc/FTP, ORDERS |
153 | - trivial (at time of writing), no license needed | |
154 | ||
5aa27cc9 GM |
155 | etc/GNU, INTERVIEW, LINUX-GNU, MOTIVATION, SERVICE, THE-GNU-PROJECT, |
156 | WHY-FREE | |
157 | rms: "These are statements of opinion or testimony. Their licenses | |
158 | should permit verbatim copying only. Please don't change the | |
159 | licenses that they have. They are distributed with Emacs but they | |
160 | are not part of Emacs." | |
161 | ||
162 | etc/MAILINGLISTS | |
163 | rms: simple license is fine for this file | |
c14dd816 | 164 | |
d4c2a0cc GM |
165 | leim/CXTERM-DIC/4Corner.tit, ARRAY30.tit, CCDOSPY.tit, ECDICT.tit, |
166 | ETZY.tit, PY-b5.tit, Punct-b5.tit, Punct.tit, QJ-b5.tit, QJ.tit, | |
167 | SW.tit, TONEPY.tit, ZOZY.tit | |
571975c0 GM |
168 | - leave the copyrights alone. |
169 | ||
170 | leim/MISC-DIC/CTLau-b5.html, CTLau.html, cangjie-table.b5, cangjie-table.cns, | |
d4c2a0cc | 171 | pinyin.map, ziranma.cin |
571975c0 | 172 | - leave the copyright alone. |
fb89a85b GM |
173 | Note that pinyin.map, ziranma.cin (and hence the generated |
174 | leim/quail/PY.el, ZIRANMA.el) are under GPLv1 or later. | |
571975c0 GM |
175 | |
176 | leim/SKK-DIC/SKK-JISYO.L | |
177 | ja-dic/ja-dic.el | |
178 | (the latter is auto-generated from the former). Leave the copyright alone. | |
179 | ||
180 | lib-src/etags.c | |
f199f76c GM |
181 | Copyright information is duplicated in etc/ETAGS.README. Update that |
182 | file too. | |
183 | ||
184 | Until 2007 etags.c was described as being copyright FSF and Ken Arnold. | |
185 | After some investigation in Feb 2007, then to the best of our | |
186 | knowledge we believe that the original 1984 Emacs version was based | |
187 | on the version in BSD4.2. See for example this 1985 post from Ken Arnold: | |
188 | <http://groups.google.com/group/mod.sources/browse_thread/thread/ffe5c55845a640a9> | |
189 | I have received enough requests for the current source to ctags | |
190 | to post it. Here is the latest version (what will go out with | |
191 | 4.3, modulo any bugs fixed during the beta period). It is the | |
192 | 4.2 ctags with recognition of yacc and lex tags added. | |
193 | ||
194 | See also a 1984 version of ctags (no copyright) posted to net.sources: | |
195 | <http://groups.google.com/group/net.sources/msg/a21b6c21be12a98d> | |
196 | Version of etags.c in emacs-16.56 duplicates comment typos. | |
197 | ||
198 | Accordingly, in Feb 2007 we added a 1984 copyright for the | |
199 | University of California and a revised BSD license. The terms of | |
200 | this require that the full license details be available in binary | |
201 | distributions - hence the file etc/ETAGS.README. | |
571975c0 GM |
202 | |
203 | lib-src/getopt1.c, getopt_int.h | |
204 | - these are from the GNU C library. Leave the copyrights alone. | |
205 | ||
1fbfb0b5 GM |
206 | lisp/play/tetris.el |
207 | - no special rules about the copyright. We note here that we believe | |
208 | (2007/1) there is no problem with our use of the name "tetris" or | |
209 | the concept. | |
210 | rms: "My understanding is that game rules as such are not copyrightable." | |
211 | <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-01/msg00960.html> | |
212 | ||
571975c0 GM |
213 | lispref/doclicense.texi |
214 | man/doclicense.texi | |
215 | - leave the copyright alone in this imported file. | |
216 | ||
217 | lisp/net/tramp.el | |
218 | - there are also copyrights in the body of the file. Update these too. | |
219 | ||
f199f76c | 220 | |
59098cd6 GM |
221 | lwlib/ |
222 | rms (2007/02/17): "lwlib is not assigned to the FSF; we don't consider | |
223 | it part of Emacs. [...] Therefore non-FSF copyrights are ok in lwlib." | |
224 | ||
f199f76c GM |
225 | FSF copyrights should only appear in files which have undergone |
226 | non-trivial cumulative changes from the original versions in the Lucid | |
227 | Widget Library. NB this means that if you make non-trivial changes to | |
228 | a file with no FSF copyright, you should add one. Also, if changes are | |
229 | reverted to the extent that a file becomes basically the same as the | |
230 | original version, the FSF copyright should be removed. | |
231 | ||
232 | In my (rgm) opinion, as of Feb 2007, all the non-trivial files differ | |
233 | significantly from the original versions, with the exception of | |
234 | lwlib-Xm.h. Most of the changes that were made to this file have | |
235 | subsequently been reverted. Therefore I removed the FSF copyright from | |
236 | this file (which is arguably too trivial to merit a notice anyway). I | |
237 | added FSF copyright to the following files which did not have them | |
238 | already: Makefile.in, lwlib-Xaw.c, lwlib-int.h (borderline), | |
239 | lwlib-utils.c (borderline), lwlib.c, lwlib.h. | |
240 | ||
241 | Copyright years before the advent of public CVS in 2001 were those | |
242 | when I judged (from the CVS logs) that non-trivial amounts of change | |
243 | had taken place. I also adjusted the existing FSF years in xlwmenu.c, | |
244 | xlwmenu.h, and xlwmenuP.h on the same basis. | |
245 | ||
246 | Note that until Feb 2007, the following files in lwlib were lacking | |
247 | notices: lwlib-int.h, lwlib.h, lwlib-Xaw.h, lwlib-Xlw.h, lwlib-utils.h | |
248 | ||
249 | The following files did not list a Lucid copyright: xlwmenu.h, | |
250 | xlwmenuP.h. | |
251 | ||
252 | To the best of our knowledge, all the code files in lwlib were | |
253 | originally part of the Lucid Widget Library, even if they did not say | |
254 | so explicitly. For example, they were all present in Lucid Emacs 19.1 | |
255 | in 1992. The exceptions are the two Xaw files, which did not appear | |
256 | till Lucid Emacs 19.9 in 1994. The file lwlib-Xaw.h is too trivial to | |
257 | merit a copyright notice, but would presumably have the same one as | |
258 | lwlib-Xaw.c. We have been unable to find a true standalone version of | |
259 | LWL, if there was such a thing, to check definitively. | |
260 | ||
261 | To clarify the situation, in Feb 2007 we added Lucid copyrights and | |
262 | GPL notices to those files lacking either that were non-trivial, | |
263 | namely: lwlib-int.h, lwlib.h, xlwmenu.h, xlwmenuP.h. This represents | |
264 | our best understanding of the legal status of these files. We also | |
265 | clarified the notices in Makefile.in, which was originally the | |
266 | Makefile auto-generated from Lucid's Imakefile. | |
267 | ||
268 | As of Feb 2007, the following files are considered too trivial for | |
269 | notices: lwlib-Xaw.h, lwlib-Xlw.h, lwlib-utils.h. | |
270 | ||
271 | ||
571975c0 GM |
272 | msdos/is_exec.c, sigaction.c |
273 | - these files are copyright DJ Delorie. Leave the copyrights alone. | |
e496f32f GM |
274 | Leave the Eli Zaretskii copyright in is_exec.c alone. See the |
275 | msdos/README file for the legal history of these files. | |
571975c0 | 276 | |
f199f76c GM |
277 | |
278 | oldXMenu/ | |
279 | Keep the "copyright.h" method used by X11, rather than moving the | |
280 | licenses into the files. Note that the original X10.h did not use | |
281 | copyright.h, but had an explicit notice, which we retain. | |
282 | ||
283 | If you make non-trivial changes to a file which does not have an FSF | |
284 | notice, add one and a GPL notice (as per Activate.c). If changes to a | |
285 | file are reverted such that it becomes essentially the same as the | |
286 | original X11 version, remove the FSF notice and GPL. | |
287 | ||
288 | Only the files which differ significantly from the original X11 | |
289 | versions should have FSF copyright and GPL notices. At time of writing | |
290 | (Feb 2007), this is: Activate.c, Create.c, Internal.c. I (rgm) | |
291 | established this by diff'ing the current files against those in X11R1, | |
292 | and when I found significant differences looking in the ChangeLog for | |
293 | the years they originated (the CVS logs are truncated before 1999). I | |
294 | therefore removed the FSF notices (added in 200x) from the other | |
295 | files. There are some borderline cases IMO: AddSel.c, InsSel.c, | |
296 | XMakeAssoc.c, XMenu.h. For these I erred on the side of NOT adding FSF | |
297 | notices. | |
298 | ||
299 | With regards to whether the files we have changed should have GPL | |
300 | added or not, rms says (2007-02-25, "oldXmenu issues"): | |
301 | ||
302 | It does not make much difference, because oldXmenu is obsolete | |
303 | except for use in Emacs (and it is not normally used in Emacs any | |
304 | more either). | |
305 | ||
306 | So, to make things simple, please put our changes under the GPL. | |
307 | ||
308 | insque.c had no copyright notice until 2005. The version of insque.c | |
309 | added to Emacs 1992-01-27 is essentially the same as insremque.c added | |
310 | to glic three days later by Roland McGrath, with an FSF copyright and | |
311 | GPL, but no ChangeLog entry: | |
312 | <http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/libc/misc/insremque.c?\ | |
313 | rev=1.1&cvsroot=glibc> | |
314 | To the best of his recollection, McGrath (who has a copyright | |
315 | assignment) was the author of this file (email from roland at frob.com | |
316 | to rms, 2007-02-23, "Where did insque.c come from?"). The FSF | |
317 | copyright and GPL in this file are therefore correct as far as we | |
318 | understand it. | |
319 | ||
320 | Imakefile had no legal info in Feb 2007, but was obviously based on | |
321 | the X11 version (which also had no explicit legal info). As it was | |
322 | unused, I removed it. It would have the same MIT copyright as | |
323 | Makefile.in does now. | |
324 | ||
325 | ||
571975c0 | 326 | src/gmalloc.c |
d4c2a0cc GM |
327 | - contains numerous copyrights from the GNU C library. Leave them alone. |
328 | ||
448adfb9 | 329 | src/acldef.h, chpdef.h, ndir.h |
f5f4e20d GM |
330 | - see comments below. These files are OK to be released with Emacs |
331 | 22, but we may want to revisit them afterwards. | |
332 | ||
42285fc4 | 333 | [src/unexhp9k800.c - removed 2007/1/27] |
d4c2a0cc GM |
334 | [src/m/sr2k.h - removed 2007/1/27] |
335 | - First file removed due to legal uncertainties; second file removed | |
336 | due to dependency on first. Note that src/m/hp800.h is still needed on | |
337 | hp800 arch. | |
d881944f GM |
338 | NB we would like to re-add this file if we can. Please let us know |
339 | if you can clarify its legal status. | |
571975c0 | 340 | |
571975c0 | 341 | |
c320d3b8 GM |
342 | ** Some notes on resolved issues, for historical information only |
343 | ||
bf5e9393 GM |
344 | lisp/term/README |
345 | - had no copyright notice till Feb 2007. ChangeLog.3 suggests it was | |
346 | written by Eric Raymond. When asked by rms on 14 Feb 2007 he said: | |
347 | ||
348 | I don't remember writing it, but it reads like my prose and I believe | |
349 | I wrote the feature(s) it's describing. So I would have been the | |
350 | likeliest person to write it. | |
351 | ||
352 | Odds are that I did, but I'm not certain. | |
353 | ||
354 | Accordingly, FSF copyright was added. | |
355 | ||
c320d3b8 | 356 | |
1354eff6 GM |
357 | ** Issues that are "fixed" for the release of Emacs 22, but we may |
358 | wish to revisit later in more detail | |
359 | ||
360 | ||
474d2d60 GM |
361 | admin/check-doc-strings |
362 | File says it's in the public domain, but that might not make it so. | |
363 | ||
364 | ||
b83813ec | 365 | etc/e/eterm-color.ti |
1354eff6 GM |
366 | src/acldef.h, chpdef.h, ndir.h |
367 | On legal advice from Matt Norwood, the following comment was added | |
368 | to these files in Feb 2007: | |
369 | ||
370 | The code here is forced by the interface, and is not subject to | |
371 | copyright, constituting the only possible expression of the | |
372 | algorithm in this format. | |
373 | ||
374 | With the addition of this notice, these files are OK for the | |
375 | upcoming Emacs-22 release. Post-release, we can revisit this issue | |
376 | and possibly add a list of all authors who have changed these files. | |
377 | (details in email from Matt Norwood to rms, 2007/02/03). | |
378 | ||
379 | ||
380 | src/m/mips4.h, news-risc.h, pmax.h | |
381 | src/s/aix3-2.h, bsd386.h, hpux8.h, hpux9.h, irix4-0.h, irix5-0.h, | |
382 | isc2-2.h, netbsd.h, osf1.h, sol2-3.h, sunos4-0.h, usg5-4-2.h | |
383 | - all these (not obviously trivial) files were missing copyrights | |
384 | till Feb 2007, when FSF copyright was added. Matt Norwood advised: | |
385 | ||
386 | For now, I think the best policy is to assume that we do have | |
387 | assignments from the authors (I recall many of these header files | |
388 | as having been originally written by rms), and to attach an FSF | |
389 | copyright with GPL notice. We can amend this if and when we | |
390 | complete the code audit. Any additions to these files by | |
391 | non-assigned authors are arguably "de minimis" contributions to | |
392 | Emacs: small changes or suggestions to a work that are subsumed in | |
393 | the main authors' copyright in the entire work. | |
394 | ||
395 | Here is my (rgm) take on the details of the above files: | |
396 | ||
397 | mips4.h | |
398 | might be trivial? started trivial, been added to in tiny changes by | |
399 | those with FSF assignment, often result of email suggestions by others. | |
400 | ||
401 | news-risc.h | |
402 | started trivial. Grown by tiny additions, plus chunk | |
403 | from mips.h, which was and is Copyright FSF | |
404 | ||
405 | pmax.h | |
406 | started trivial. grown in tiny changes, except for maybe Jim Wilson's | |
407 | comment. | |
408 | ||
409 | ? irix4-0.h | |
410 | I would say started non-trivial (1992, rms). only tiny changes since | |
411 | installed. | |
412 | ||
413 | ? irix5-0.h | |
414 | I would say started non-trivial (1993, jimb, heavily based | |
415 | on irix4-0.h). A few borderline non-tiny changes since. | |
416 | ||
417 | ? isc2-2.h | |
418 | started trivial. 2 non-tiny change, in 1993. looks to | |
419 | be made up of several small tweaks from various sources. maybe | |
420 | non-tiny total changes from Karl Berry (no emacs assignment). | |
421 | ||
422 | osf1.h | |
423 | started trivial. grown in tiny changes (one borderline tiny change | |
424 | by fx in 2000, but most code was later removed). non-tiny addition | |
425 | in 2002 from m/alpha.h, but that was and is copyright FSF. | |
426 | ||
427 | usg5-4-2.h | |
428 | started non-trivial, but was heavily based on usg5-4.h, which was and is | |
429 | copyright FSF. only tiny changes since installed. | |
430 | ||
431 | sol2-3.h | |
432 | started trivial. only non-tiny change (1994) incorporated code from | |
433 | usg5-4.h, which was and is copyright FSF. | |
434 | ||
435 | aix3-2.h, bsd386.h, hpux8.h, hpux9.h, netbsd.h, sunos4-0.h | |
436 | started trivial, grown in tiny changes. | |
437 | ||
d502a3da GM |
438 | netbsd.h: |
439 | Roland McGrath said to rms (2007/02/17): "I don't really remember | |
440 | anything about it. If I put it in without other comment, then probably | |
441 | I wrote it myself." | |
442 | ||
1354eff6 | 443 | |
6ce26337 GM |
444 | Someone might want to tweak the copyright years (for dates before |
445 | 2001) that I used in all these files. | |
446 | ||
447 | Note: erring on the side of caution, I also added notices to some | |
448 | files I thought might be considered non-trivial (if one includes | |
449 | comment) in s/: | |
450 | aix4-1.h hiuxmpp.h hiuxwe2.h hpux10.h irix6-0.h irix6-5.h isc3-0.h | |
451 | ptx4.h sol2.h sunos4-0.h | |
452 | ||
453 | (everything with > 30 non-blank lines, which at least is _some_ kind of | |
454 | system) | |
455 | ||
456 | ||
f5f4e20d GM |
457 | *** These are copyright issues that need not be fixed until after |
458 | Emacs 22 is released (though if they can be fixed before, that is | |
459 | obviously good): | |
05630abe | 460 | |
f199f76c GM |
461 | Maybe some relevant comments here? |
462 | <http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.legal/browse_thread/thread/123547ea95437a1f> | |
463 | ||
05630abe | 464 | |
d4c2a0cc GM |
465 | Is it OK to just `cvs remove' a file for legal reasons, or is |
466 | something more drastic needed? A removed file is still available from | |
f5f4e20d GM |
467 | CVS, if suitable options are applied. (This CVS issue obviously does |
468 | not affect a release). | |
42285fc4 | 469 | rms: will ask lawyer |
d4c2a0cc GM |
470 | |
471 | ||
5aa27cc9 GM |
472 | Make sure that all files with non-standard copyrights or licenses are |
473 | noted in this file. | |
474 | ||
475 | ||
c320d3b8 GM |
476 | etc/BABYL |
477 | File says it was written in 1983 by Eugene Ciccarelli, who has no | |
478 | assignment. RMS: "The lawyer said we can keep BABYL." | |
479 | ||
480 | ||
0971f887 GM |
481 | REMOVED etc/gnu.xpm, nt/icons/emacs21.ico, nt/icons/sink.ico |
482 | - Restore if find legal info. emacs21.ico is not due to Davenport. | |
474d2d60 GM |
483 | Voelker could not immediately recall anything, but will check and |
484 | let us know if he finds anything. | |
485 | ||
0971f887 | 486 | |
c14dd816 GM |
487 | etc/images |
488 | Image files from GTK, Gnome are under GPLv2 (no "or later"?). RMS will | |
489 | contact image authors in regards to future switch to v3. | |
490 | ||
f5f4e20d | 491 | |
f5f4e20d GM |
492 | REMOVED src/unexhp9k800.c |
493 | - we would like to re-add this file if possible. Please let us know | |
494 | if you can clarify its legal status. | |
495 | http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-02/msg00138.html | |
496 | ||
f5f4e20d GM |
497 | |
498 | *** These are copyright issues still to be addressed: | |
499 | ||
c320d3b8 GM |
500 | NB apart from switching the TUTORIALs to GPL, I think there is nothing |
501 | here that anyone can work on without further input from rms. | |
502 | ||
f5f4e20d | 503 | |
5aa27cc9 GM |
504 | etc/gnus-logo.eps, gnus-booklet.ps, gnus-refcard.ps |
505 | just to be safe, papers are on the way for the "Gnus logo", even | |
506 | though it is very similar to the already-assigned "Emacs logo". | |
507 | ||
508 | ||
571975c0 | 509 | etc/ms-kermit - no copyright, but ms-7bkermit has one |
571975c0 | 510 | |
571975c0 | 511 | |
c14693e3 GM |
512 | etc/TUTORIAL* (translations) |
513 | switch to GPL (see english TUTORIAL) | |
514 | rms: "We can leave the TUTORIAL translations alone until their | |
515 | maintainers update them." | |
0971f887 | 516 | Can adapt short license text from end of GPL translations at: |
dafb4070 | 517 | http://www.gnu.org/licenses/translations.html |
0971f887 GM |
518 | Only a few sentences around the license notice need changing from |
519 | previous version. | |
520 | Done: TUTORIAL.eo | |
5aa27cc9 | 521 | |
571975c0 | 522 | |
fb89a85b | 523 | lwlib/* |
7073bb78 | 524 | should it be under GPLv1 or later, or v2 or later, or some mixture? |
fb89a85b GM |
525 | |
526 | ||
e3e14128 GM |
527 | \f |
528 | This file is part of GNU Emacs. | |
529 | ||
530 | GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify | |
531 | it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by | |
532 | the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) | |
533 | any later version. | |
534 | ||
535 | GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, | |
536 | but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of | |
537 | MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the | |
538 | GNU General Public License for more details. | |
539 | ||
540 | You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License | |
541 | along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the | |
542 | Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, | |
543 | Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. |