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1 Copyright (C) 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2 See the end of the file for license conditions.
3
4
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
16 Summary for the impatient:
17
18 1. Don't add code to Emacs written by someone other than yourself
19 without thinking about the legal aspect. Even if the changes are
20 trivial, consider if they combine with previous changes by the same
21 author to make a non-trivial total. If so, make sure they have an
22 assignment. If adding a whole file adjust the copyright statements in
23 the file.
24
25 2. When installing code written by someone else, the ChangeLog entry
26 should be in the name of the author of the code, not the person who
27 installs it. I think it is helpful to put the author (if not yourself)
28 in the CVS log as well; and to not install any of your own changes in
29 the same commit.
30
31 3. With images, add the legal info to a README file in the directory
32 containing the image.
33
34 4. If you add a lot of text to a previously trivial file that had no
35 legal notices, consider if you should add a copyright statement.
36
37 5. Please don't just add an FSF copyright without checking that is the
38 right thing to do.
39
40
41 Every non-trivial file distributed through the Emacs CVS should be
42 self-explanatory in terms of copyright and license. This includes
43 files that are not distributed in Emacs releases (for example, the
44 admin/ directory), because the whole Emacs CVS is publicly
45 available.
46
47 The definition of triviality is a little vague, but a rule of thumb is
48 that any file with less than 15 lines of actual content is trivial. If
49 a file is auto-generated (eg ldefs-boot.el) from another one in the
50 CVS, then it does not really matter about adding a copyright statement
51 to the generated file.
52
53 Legal advice says that we could, if we wished, put a license notice
54 even in trivial files, because copyright law in general looks at the
55 overall work as a whole. It is not _necessary_ to do so, and rms
56 prefers that we do not. This means one needs to take care that trivial
57 files do not grow and become non-trivial without having a license
58 added. NB consequently, if you add a lot of text to a small file,
59 consider whether your changes have made the file worthy of a copyright
60 notice, and if so, please add one.
61
62 It can be helpful to put a reminder comment at the start of a trivial
63 file, eg: "add a license notice if this grows to > 10 lines of code".
64
65 The years in the copyright notice should be updated every year (see
66 file "years" in this directory). The PS versions of refcards etc
67 should display copyright notices (an exception to the rule about
68 "generated" files), but these can just display the latest year. The
69 full list of years should be kept in comments in the source file. If
70 these are distributed in CVS, check in a regenerated version when the
71 tex files are updated.
72
73 Copyright changes should be propagated to any associated repositories
74 (eg Gnus, MH-E), but I think in every case this happens automatically
75 (?).
76
77 All README (and other such text files) that are non-trivial should
78 contain copyright statements and GPL license notices, exactly as .el
79 files do (see e.g. README in the top-level directory). Before 2007,
80 we used a simple, short statement permitting copying and modification
81 provided legal notices were retained. In Feb 2007 we switched to the
82 standard GPL text, on legal advice. Some older text files in etc/
83 should, however, keep their current licenses (see below for list).
84
85 For image files, the copyright and license details should be recorded
86 in a README file in each directory with images. (Legal advice says
87 that we need not add notices to each image file individually, if they
88 allow for that.). It is recommended to use the word "convert" to
89 describe the automatic process of changing an image from one format to
90 another (http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-02/msg00618.html).
91
92
93 When installing a file with an "unusual" license (after checking first
94 it is ok), put a copy of the copyright and license in the file (if
95 possible. It's ok if this makes the file incompatible with its
96 original format, if it can still be used by Emacs), or in a README
97 file in the relevant directory.
98
99 The vast majority of files are copyright FSF and distributed under the
100 GPL. A few files (mainly related to language and charset support) are
101 copyright AIST alone, or both AIST and FSF. (Contact Kenichi Handa
102 with questions about legal issues in such files.) In all these cases,
103 the copyright years in each file should be updated each year.
104
105 There are some exceptions to the points in the previous paragraph, and
106 these are listed below for reference, together with any files where
107 the copyright needs to be updated in "unusual" ways.
108
109 If you find any other such cases, please consult to check they are ok,
110 and note them in this file. This includes missing copyright notices,
111 and "odd" copyright holders. In most cases, individual authors should
112 not appear in copyright statements. Either the copyright has been
113 assigned (check copyright.list) to the FSF (in which case the original
114 author should be removed and the year(s) transferred to the FSF); or
115 else it is possible the file should not be in Emacs at all (please
116 report!).
117
118 Note that it seems painfully clear that one cannot rely on CVS logs,
119 or even ChangeLogs, for older changes. People often installed changes
120 from others, without recording the true authorship.
121
122 [For reference, most of these points were established via email with
123 rms, 2007/1, "Copyright years".]
124
125
126 lib-src/etags.c # print_version
127 lib-src/rcs2log # Copyright
128 lisp/calc/calc-help.el # calc-full-help
129 lisp/startup.el # fancy-splash-tail
130 mac/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/InfoPlist.strings
131 mac/src/Emacs.r # resource 'vers'
132 src/emacs.c
133 - remember to change the latest copyright year in the --version output.
134 `set-copyright' in admin.el will do all the above.
135
136 <top-level>/install-sh
137 lispintro/install-sh
138 - this file is copyright MIT, which is OK. Leave the copyright alone.
139
140 src/m/news-r6.h
141 public domain, leave alone.
142
143 etc/BABYL, ms-kermit
144 no notices (see below).
145
146 etc/edt-user.doc
147 - update BOTH notices in this file
148
149 etc/emacs.csh
150 - written by Michael DeCorte, who has no assignment. But trivial
151 enough to not need license.
152
153 etc/future-bug
154 - doesn't need a humorless disclaimer, because Karl Fogel says we
155 can consider it part of Emacs, and he has a blanker disclaimer for
156 Emacs changes. (email to rgm "[Emacs-commit] emacs/etc future-bug",
157 2007028)
158
159 etc/letter.pbm,letter.xpm
160 - trivial, no notice needed.
161 <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-02/msg00324.html>
162
163 etc/FTP, ORDERS
164 - trivial (at time of writing), no license needed
165
166 etc/GNU, INTERVIEW, LINUX-GNU, MOTIVATION, SERVICE, THE-GNU-PROJECT,
167 WHY-FREE
168 rms: "These are statements of opinion or testimony. Their licenses
169 should permit verbatim copying only. Please don't change the
170 licenses that they have. They are distributed with Emacs but they
171 are not part of Emacs."
172
173 etc/HELLO
174 standard notices. Just a note that although the file itself is not
175 really copyrightable, in the wider context of it being part of
176 Emacs (and written by those with assignments), a standard notice is
177 fine.
178
179 etc/MAILINGLISTS
180 rms: simple license is fine for this file
181
182 leim/CXTERM-DIC/4Corner.tit, ARRAY30.tit, CCDOSPY.tit, ECDICT.tit,
183 ETZY.tit, PY-b5.tit, Punct-b5.tit, Punct.tit, QJ-b5.tit, QJ.tit,
184 SW.tit, TONEPY.tit, ZOZY.tit
185 - leave the copyrights alone.
186
187 leim/MISC-DIC/CTLau-b5.html, CTLau.html, cangjie-table.b5, cangjie-table.cns,
188 pinyin.map, ziranma.cin
189 - leave the copyright alone.
190 Note that pinyin.map, ziranma.cin (and hence the generated
191 leim/quail/PY.el, ZIRANMA.el) are under GPLv1 or later.
192
193 leim/SKK-DIC/SKK-JISYO.L
194 ja-dic/ja-dic.el
195 (the latter is auto-generated from the former). Leave the copyright alone.
196
197 lib-src/etags.c
198 Copyright information is duplicated in etc/ETAGS.README. Update that
199 file too.
200
201 Until 2007 etags.c was described as being copyright FSF and Ken Arnold.
202 After some investigation in Feb 2007, then to the best of our
203 knowledge we believe that the original 1984 Emacs version was based
204 on the version in BSD4.2. See for example this 1985 post from Ken Arnold:
205 <http://groups.google.com/group/mod.sources/browse_thread/thread/ffe5c55845a640a9>
206 I have received enough requests for the current source to ctags
207 to post it. Here is the latest version (what will go out with
208 4.3, modulo any bugs fixed during the beta period). It is the
209 4.2 ctags with recognition of yacc and lex tags added.
210
211 See also a 1984 version of ctags (no copyright) posted to net.sources:
212 <http://groups.google.com/group/net.sources/msg/a21b6c21be12a98d>
213 Version of etags.c in emacs-16.56 duplicates comment typos.
214
215 Accordingly, in Feb 2007 we added a 1984 copyright for the
216 University of California and a revised BSD license. The terms of
217 this require that the full license details be available in binary
218 distributions - hence the file etc/ETAGS.README. The fact that the
219 --version output just says "Copyright <year> FSF" is apparently OK
220 from a legal point of view.
221
222 lib-src/getopt1.c, getopt_int.h
223 - these are from the GNU C library. Leave the copyrights alone.
224
225 lisp/play/tetris.el
226 - no special rules about the copyright. We note here that we believe
227 (2007/1) there is no problem with our use of the name "tetris" or
228 the concept.
229 rms: "My understanding is that game rules as such are not copyrightable."
230 <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-01/msg00960.html>
231 rms: Legal advice is that we are ok and need not worry about this.
232
233
234 lisp/net/tramp.el
235 - there are also copyrights in the body of the file. Update these too.
236
237
238 lwlib/
239 rms (2007/02/17): "lwlib is not assigned to the FSF; we don't consider
240 it part of Emacs. [...] Therefore non-FSF copyrights are ok in lwlib."
241
242 NB don't change the GPL version used for lwlib .c and .h files (see
243 below).
244
245 FSF copyrights should only appear in files which have undergone
246 non-trivial cumulative changes from the original versions in the Lucid
247 Widget Library. NB this means that if you make non-trivial changes to
248 a file with no FSF copyright, you should add one. Also, if changes are
249 reverted to the extent that a file becomes basically the same as the
250 original version, the FSF copyright should be removed.
251
252 In my (rgm) opinion, as of Feb 2007, all the non-trivial files differ
253 significantly from the original versions, with the exception of
254 lwlib-Xm.h. Most of the changes that were made to this file have
255 subsequently been reverted. Therefore I removed the FSF copyright from
256 this file (which is arguably too trivial to merit a notice anyway). I
257 added FSF copyright to the following files which did not have them
258 already: Makefile.in, lwlib-Xaw.c, lwlib-int.h (borderline),
259 lwlib-utils.c (borderline), lwlib.c, lwlib.h.
260
261 Copyright years before the advent of public CVS in 2001 were those
262 when I judged (from the CVS logs) that non-trivial amounts of change
263 had taken place. I also adjusted the existing FSF years in xlwmenu.c,
264 xlwmenu.h, and xlwmenuP.h on the same basis.
265
266 Note that until Feb 2007, the following files in lwlib were lacking
267 notices: lwlib-int.h, lwlib.h, lwlib-Xaw.h, lwlib-Xlw.h, lwlib-utils.h
268
269 The following files did not list a Lucid copyright: xlwmenu.h,
270 xlwmenuP.h.
271
272 To the best of our knowledge, all the code files in lwlib were
273 originally part of the Lucid Widget Library, even if they did not say
274 so explicitly. For example, they were all present in Lucid Emacs 19.1
275 in 1992. The exceptions are the two Xaw files, which did not appear
276 till Lucid Emacs 19.9 in 1994. The file lwlib-Xaw.h is too trivial to
277 merit a copyright notice, but would presumably have the same one as
278 lwlib-Xaw.c. We have been unable to find a true standalone version of
279 LWL, if there was such a thing, to check definitively.
280
281 To clarify the situation, in Feb 2007 we added Lucid copyrights and
282 GPL notices to those files lacking either that were non-trivial,
283 namely: lwlib-int.h, lwlib.h, xlwmenu.h, xlwmenuP.h. This represents
284 our best understanding of the legal status of these files. We also
285 clarified the notices in Makefile.in, which was originally the
286 Makefile auto-generated from Lucid's Imakefile.
287
288 As of Feb 2007, the following files are considered too trivial for
289 notices: lwlib-Xaw.h, lwlib-Xlw.h, lwlib-utils.h.
290
291 The version of lwlib/ first installed in Emacs seems to be the same as
292 that used in Lucid Emacs 19.8 (released 6-sep-93); except the two Xaw
293 files, which did not appear till Athena support was added in Lucid
294 Emacs 19.9. In Lucid Emacs 19.1, all files were under GPLv1 or later,
295 but by Lucid Emacs 19.8, lwlib.c and xlwmenu.c had been switched to v2
296 or later. These are the versions that were first installed in Emacs.
297 So in GNU Emacs, these two files have been under v2 or later since
298 1994.
299
300 It seems that it was the intention of Lucid to use v1 or later
301 (excepting the two files mentioned previously); so this is the license
302 we have used when adding notices to code that did not have notices
303 originally. Although we have the legal right to switch to v2 or later,
304 rms prefers that we do not do so.
305
306
307 doc/*/doclicense.texi
308 - leave the copyright alone in this imported file.
309
310 doc/*/*.texi - All manuals should be under GFDL (but see below), and
311 should include a copy of it, so that they can be distributed
312 separately. faq.texi has a different license, for some reason no-one
313 can remember.
314 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-04/msg00583.html
315 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-04/msg00618.html
316
317 doc/misc/mh-e.texi is dual-licensed (GPL and GFDL) per agreement with
318 FSF (reconfirmed by rms Aug 25 2008). Discussion with
319 licensing@fsf.org starting on Thu, 07 Aug 2003 with subject:
320 "[gnu.org #58812] Changing license of MH-E manual"
321
322
323 msdos/is_exec.c, sigaction.c - these files are copyright DJ Delorie.
324 Leave the copyrights alone. Leave the Eli Zaretskii copyright in
325 is_exec.c alone. See the msdos/README file for the legal history of
326 these files.
327
328
329 oldXMenu/
330 Keep the "copyright.h" method used by X11, rather than moving the
331 licenses into the files. Note that the original X10.h did not use
332 copyright.h, but had an explicit notice, which we retain.
333
334 If you make non-trivial changes to a file which does not have an FSF
335 notice, add one and a GPL notice (as per Activate.c). If changes to a
336 file are reverted such that it becomes essentially the same as the
337 original X11 version, remove the FSF notice and GPL.
338
339 Only the files which differ significantly from the original X11
340 versions should have FSF copyright and GPL notices. At time of writing
341 (Feb 2007), this is: Activate.c, Create.c, Internal.c. I (rgm)
342 established this by diff'ing the current files against those in X11R1,
343 and when I found significant differences looking in the ChangeLog for
344 the years they originated (the CVS logs are truncated before 1999). I
345 therefore removed the FSF notices (added in 200x) from the other
346 files. There are some borderline cases IMO: AddSel.c, InsSel.c,
347 XMakeAssoc.c, XMenu.h. For these I erred on the side of NOT adding FSF
348 notices.
349
350 With regards to whether the files we have changed should have GPL
351 added or not, rms says (2007-02-25, "oldXmenu issues"):
352
353 It does not make much difference, because oldXmenu is obsolete
354 except for use in Emacs (and it is not normally used in Emacs any
355 more either).
356
357 So, to make things simple, please put our changes under the GPL.
358
359 insque.c had no copyright notice until 2005. The version of insque.c
360 added to Emacs 1992-01-27 is essentially the same as insremque.c added
361 to glic three days later by Roland McGrath, with an FSF copyright and
362 GPL, but no ChangeLog entry:
363 <http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/libc/misc/insremque.c?\
364 rev=1.1&cvsroot=glibc>
365 To the best of his recollection, McGrath (who has a copyright
366 assignment) was the author of this file (email from roland at frob.com
367 to rms, 2007-02-23, "Where did insque.c come from?"). The FSF
368 copyright and GPL in this file are therefore correct as far as we
369 understand it.
370
371 Imakefile had no legal info in Feb 2007, but was obviously based on
372 the X11 version (which also had no explicit legal info). As it was
373 unused, I removed it. It would have the same MIT copyright as
374 Makefile.in does now.
375
376
377 src/gmalloc.c
378 - contains numerous copyrights from the GNU C library. Leave them alone.
379
380 src/acldef.h, chpdef.h, ndir.h
381 - see comments below. These files are OK to be released with Emacs
382 22, but we may want to revisit them afterwards.
383
384
385 ** Some notes on resolved issues, for historical information only
386
387 etc/TERMS
388 rms: "surely written either by me or by ESR. (If you can figure out
389 which year, I can probably tell you which.) Either way, we have papers
390 for it." It was present in Emacs-16.56 (15-jul-85). rms: "Then I
391 conclude it was written by me."
392
393 etc/ulimit.hack
394 Very obsolete file removed March 2007. Doesn't say who the author
395 is, but web-search suggests Karl Kleinpaste, who has no Emacs
396 assignment. Trivial anyway.
397 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.unix.shell/browse_thread/thread/bf3df496994\
398 9f1df/7e5922c67b3a98fb
399 http://groups.google.com/group/comp.unix.questions/msg/cc7e49cacfd1ccb4
400 (original 1987 source)
401
402 lisp/term/README
403 - had no copyright notice till Feb 2007. ChangeLog.3 suggests it was
404 written by Eric Raymond. When asked by rms on 14 Feb 2007 he said:
405
406 I don't remember writing it, but it reads like my prose and I believe
407 I wrote the feature(s) it's describing. So I would have been the
408 likeliest person to write it.
409
410 Odds are that I did, but I'm not certain.
411
412 Accordingly, FSF copyright was added.
413
414 src/unexhp9k800.c
415 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-02/msg00138.html
416 - briefly removed due to legal uncertainly Jan-Mar 2007. The
417 relevant assignment is under "hp9k800" in copyright.list. File was
418 written by John V. Morris at HP, and disclaimed by the author and
419 HP. So this file is public domain.
420
421
422 K Rodgers changes
423 It was pointed out that K Rodgers only had assigments for VC and
424 ps-print, but had changed several other files. We tried to contact
425 him for a general assignment, but he proved uncommunicative (despite
426 initially indicating to rms he would sign an assignment). As a result, his
427 changes were removed and/or rewritten independently. For details, see
428 threads:
429 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-04/msg00225.html
430 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-04/msg00257.html
431
432 But then an assignment arrived before the release of Emacs 22:
433 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-04/msg01427.html
434
435
436 lisp/progmodes/python.el
437 Dave Love alerted us to a potential legal problem:
438 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-pretest-bug/2007-04/msg00459.html
439
440 On consultation with a lawyer, we found there was no problem:
441 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-05/msg00466.html
442
443
444 ** Issues that are "fixed" for the release of Emacs 22, but we may
445 wish to revisit later in more detail
446
447
448 admin/check-doc-strings
449 File says it's in the public domain, but that might not make it so.
450
451 etc/BABYL
452 File written long ago by authors with no assignment. Keep them
453 without notices for now, try and contact authors if possible. Be
454 ready to remove these files if the authors ever object.
455
456 etc/ms-kermit
457 etc/e/eterm-color.ti
458 src/acldef.h, chpdef.h, ndir.h
459 On legal advice from Matt Norwood, the following comment was added
460 to these files in Feb/Mar 2007:
461
462 The code here is forced by the interface, and is not subject to
463 copyright, constituting the only possible expression of the
464 algorithm in this format.
465
466 With the addition of this notice, these files are OK for the
467 upcoming Emacs-22 release. Post-release, we can revisit this issue
468 and possibly add a list of all authors who have changed these files.
469 (details in email from Matt Norwood to rms, 2007/02/03).
470
471 etc/ms-7bkermit
472 Says it was written by Andy Lowry and Joel Spolsky. No entry for
473 either in copyright.list. NB this file is not "constrained" like
474 ms-kermit (rms: "We know it isn't. A comment at the front says it has
475 other bindings which might be handy."). File removed March 2007.
476 Re-add if clear up status at some point.
477
478 etc/Xkeymap.txt
479 No info on author. File removed March 2007. rms: "It says it is
480 RLK's way of remapping his keyboard, so it is not constrained. I think
481 it was written by RLK. Let's delete it; if we contact RLK again, we
482 can put it back." Actually, RLK == Robert Krawitz has an Emacs
483 assignment. So this could be restored if it is still useful, but Jan Djärv
484 says it is obsolete:
485 <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-03/msg00673.html>
486
487 src/m/mips4.h, news-risc.h, pmax.h
488 src/s/aix3-2.h, bsd386.h, hpux8.h, hpux9.h, irix4-0.h, irix5-0.h,
489 netbsd.h, sol2-3.h, usg5-4-2.h
490 - all these (not obviously trivial) files were missing copyrights
491 till Feb 2007, when FSF copyright was added. Matt Norwood advised:
492
493 For now, I think the best policy is to assume that we do have
494 assignments from the authors (I recall many of these header files
495 as having been originally written by rms), and to attach an FSF
496 copyright with GPL notice. We can amend this if and when we
497 complete the code audit. Any additions to these files by
498 non-assigned authors are arguably "de minimis" contributions to
499 Emacs: small changes or suggestions to a work that are subsumed in
500 the main authors' copyright in the entire work.
501
502 Here is my (rgm) take on the details of the above files:
503
504 mips4.h
505 might be trivial? started trivial, been added to in tiny changes by
506 those with FSF assignment, often result of email suggestions by others.
507
508 news-risc.h
509 started trivial. Grown by tiny additions, plus chunk
510 from mips.h, which was and is Copyright FSF
511
512 pmax.h
513 started trivial. grown in tiny changes, except for maybe Jim Wilson's
514 comment.
515
516 ? irix4-0.h
517 I would say started non-trivial (1992, rms). only tiny changes since
518 installed.
519
520 ? irix5-0.h
521 I would say started non-trivial (1993, jimb, heavily based
522 on irix4-0.h). A few borderline non-tiny changes since.
523
524 usg5-4-2.h
525 started non-trivial, but was heavily based on usg5-4.h, which was and is
526 copyright FSF. only tiny changes since installed.
527
528 sol2-3.h
529 started trivial. only non-tiny change (1994) incorporated code from
530 usg5-4.h, which was and is copyright FSF.
531
532 aix3-2.h, bsd386.h, hpux8.h, hpux9.h, netbsd.h
533 started trivial, grown in tiny changes.
534
535 netbsd.h:
536 Roland McGrath said to rms (2007/02/17): "I don't really remember
537 anything about it. If I put it in without other comment, then probably
538 I wrote it myself."
539
540
541 Someone might want to tweak the copyright years (for dates before
542 2001) that I used in all these files.
543
544 Note: erring on the side of caution, I also added notices to some
545 files I thought might be considered non-trivial (if one includes
546 comment) in s/:
547 aix4-1.h hpux10.h irix6-0.h irix6-5.h
548 ptx4.h sol2.h
549
550 (everything with > 30 non-blank lines, which at least is _some_ kind of
551 system)
552
553
554 *** These are copyright issues that need not be fixed until after
555 Emacs 22 is released (though if they can be fixed before, that is
556 obviously good):
557
558
559 Is it OK to just `cvs remove' a file for legal reasons, or is
560 something more drastic needed? A removed file is still available from
561 CVS, if suitable options are applied. (This CVS issue obviously does
562 not affect a release).
563 rms: will ask lawyer
564
565
566 Make sure that all files with non-standard copyrights or licenses are
567 noted in this file.
568
569
570 REMOVED etc/gnu.xpm, nt/icons/emacs21.ico, nt/icons/sink.ico
571 - Restore if find legal info. emacs21.ico is not due to Davenport.
572 Geoff Voelker checked but could not find a record of where it came
573 from.
574
575
576 etc/images
577 Image files from GTK, Gnome are under GPLv2 (no "or later"?). RMS will
578 contact image authors in regards to future switch to v3.
579
580
581 etc/TUTORIAL* (translations)
582 switch to GPL (see english TUTORIAL)
583 rms: "We can leave the TUTORIAL translations alone until their
584 maintainers update them."
585 Can adapt short license text from end of GPL translations at:
586 http://www.gnu.org/licenses/translations.html
587 Only a few sentences around the license notice need changing from
588 previous version.
589 Done: TUTORIAL.eo
590
591
592 *** These are copyright issues still to be addressed:
593
594 None known.
595
596
597 ** NOTES ON RELICENSING TO GPL3
598
599 The EMACS_22_BASE branch was changed to GPLv3 (or later) 2007/07/25.
600
601 Some notes:
602 (see http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-07/msg01431.html)
603
604 1. There are some files in Emacs CVS which are not part of Emacs (eg
605 those included from Gnulib). These are all copyright FSF and (at time
606 of writing) GPL >= 2. rms says may as well leave the licenses of these
607 alone (may import them from Gnulib again). These are:
608
609 Gnulib:
610 src/getloadavg.c
611 src/gmalloc.c
612 src/md5.c
613 src/md5.h
614 src/mktime.c
615 src/strftime.c
616 src/termcap.c
617 src/tparam.c
618
619 Others:
620 config.guess
621 config.sub
622 lispintro/missing
623 man/texinfo.tex
624
625 Note _not_ included in the above are src/regex.{c,h} (rms: "That
626 forked version is only in Emacs, so definitely relicense that."), and
627 oldXMenu/insque.c (rms: "We wrote that specifically for Emacs, so
628 definitely relicense that.").
629
630 2. The files that are copyright FSF and AIST, or AIST alone, should be
631 and were updated, ditto the oldXMenu files with FSF copyright, and
632 msdos/is_exec.c and sigaction.c.
633
634 3. lwlib/
635
636 Files originally in Lucid Widget Library were left alone (excludes
637 ChangeLog, etc), ie remain under GPL v1 or later, or v2 or later.
638 (rms: "We may as well leave this alone, since we are never going to
639 change it much.")
640
641 4. There are some files where the FSF holds no copyright. These were
642 left alone:
643
644 leim/MISC-DIC/CTLau-b5.html >= v2
645 leim/MISC-DIC/CTLau.html >= v2
646 (above included in lisp/international/titdic-cnv.el)
647 leim/MISC-DIC/pinyin.map >= v1
648 leim/MISC-DIC/ziranma.cin >= v1
649 leim/SKK-DIC/SKK-JISYO.L >= v2
650 leim/SKK-DIC/README >= v2
651 leim/ja-dic/ja-dic.el >= v2
652
653 5. At time of writing, some non-Emacs icons included from Gnome remain
654 under GPLv2 (no "or later"). See:
655
656 etc/images/gnus/README
657 etc/images/mail/README
658 etc/images/README
659 nt/icons/README
660
661 \f
662 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
663
664 GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
665 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
666 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
667 (at your option) any later version.
668
669 GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
670 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
671 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
672 GNU General Public License for more details.
673
674 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
675 along with GNU Emacs. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.