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1 Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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2 Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
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3 are permitted provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.
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6 NOTES ON COPYRIGHTS AND LICENSES
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8 Some terminology:
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10 A "copyright notice" consists of one or a few lines of this format:
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11 "Copyright (C) 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
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13 A "license notice" is a statement of permissions, and is usually much
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17 Every non-trivial file distributed through the Emacs CVS should be
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18 self-explanatory in terms of copyright and license. This includes
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20 admin/ directory), because the whole Emacs CVS is publicly
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21 available.
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23 The definition of triviality is a little vague, but a rule of thumb is
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24 that any file with less than 15 lines of actual content is trivial. If
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26 CVS, then it does not really matter about adding a copyright statement
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27 to the generated file.
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29 The years in the copyright notice should be updated every year (see
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30 file "years" in this directory). The PS versions of refcards etc
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31 should display copyright notices (an exception to the rule about
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32 "generated" files), but these can just display the latest year. The
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33 full list of years should be kept in comments in the source file. If
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34 these are distributed in CVS, check in a regenerated version when the
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35 tex files are updated.
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37 Copyright changes should be propagated to any associated repositories
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38 (eg Gnus, MH-E), but I think in every case this happens automatically
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39 (?).
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41 All README (and other such text files) that are non-trivial and were
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42 added by Emacs developers need copyright and copying permission
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43 statements (see eg INSTALL in the top-level directory).
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45 All images files that allow for comments should have copyright and
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46 license statements. Whether or not this is possible, the information
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47 should be recorded in a README file in each directory with images.
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49 When installing a file with an "unusual" license (after checking first
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50 it is ok), put a copy of the copyright and license in the file (if
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51 possible. It's ok if this makes the file incompatible with its
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52 original format, if it can still be used by Emacs), or in a README
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53 file in the relevant directory.
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55 The vast majority of files are copyright FSF and distributed under the
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56 GPL. A few files (mainly related to language and charset support) are
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57 copyright AIST alone, or both AIST and FSF. (Contact Kenichi Handa
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58 with questions about legal issues in such files.) In all these cases,
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59 the copyright years in each file should be updated each year.
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61 There are some exceptions to the points in the previous paragraph, and
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62 these are listed below for reference, together with any files where
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63 the copyright needs to be updated in "unusual" ways.
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65 If you find any other such cases, please consult to check they are ok,
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66 and note them in this file. This includes missing copyright notices,
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67 and "odd" copyright holders. In most cases, individual authors should
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68 not appear in copyright statements. Either the copyright has been
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70 author should be removed and the year(s) transferred to the FSF); or
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71 else it is possible the file should not be in Emacs at all (please
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72 report!).
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73
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74 [For reference, most of these points were established via email with
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75 rms, 2007/1, "Copyright years".]
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78 lib-src/etags.c # print_version
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79 lib-src/rcs2log # Copyright
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80 lisp/calc/calc-help.el # calc-full-help
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81 lisp/startup.el # fancy-splash-tail
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82 mac/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj/InfoPlist.strings
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83 mac/src/Emacs.r # resource 'vers'
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84 src/emacs.c
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85 - remember to change the latest copyright year in the --version output.
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86 [Post-release, will automate this like set-version does for version.]
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91 - this file is copyright MIT, which is OK. Leave the copyright alone.
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93 etc/edt-user.doc
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94 - update BOTH notices in this file
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96 [etc/orgcard.tex, orgcard.ps - files removed 2007/1/29]
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98 asking for an assignment, and if one is received the files will be
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99 replaced.
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101 leim/CXTERM-DIC/4Corner.tit, ARRAY30.tit, CCDOSPY.tit, ECDICT.tit,
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103 SW.tit, TONEPY.tit, ZOZY.tit
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106 leim/MISC-DIC/CTLau-b5.html, CTLau.html, cangjie-table.b5, cangjie-table.cns,
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107 pinyin.map, ziranma.cin
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108 - leave the copyright alone.
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110 leim/SKK-DIC/SKK-JISYO.L
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112 (the latter is auto-generated from the former). Leave the copyright alone.
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114 lib-src/etags.c
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115 - this has a copyright Ken Arnold. We are still deciding what should
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116 be done here (see below).
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118 lib-src/getopt1.c, getopt_int.h
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119 - these are from the GNU C library. Leave the copyrights alone.
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122 - no special rules about the copyright. We note here that we believe
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123 (2007/1) there is no problem with our use of the name "tetris" or
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124 the concept.
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125 rms: "My understanding is that game rules as such are not copyrightable."
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126 <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-01/msg00960.html>
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130 - leave the copyright alone in this imported file.
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136 - these files are copyright DJ Delorie. Leave the copyrights alone.
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137 Leave the Eli Zaretskii copyright in is_exec.c alone.
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140 - contains numerous copyrights from the GNU C library. Leave them alone.
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142 [src/unexhp9k800.c - removed 2007/1/27]
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143 [src/m/sr2k.h - removed 2007/1/27]
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144 - First file removed due to legal uncertainties; second file removed
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145 due to dependency on first. Note that src/m/hp800.h is still needed on
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146 hp800 arch.
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149 *** These are copyright issues still to be addressed:
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152 Maybe some relevant comments here?
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153 <http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.legal/browse_thread/thread/123547ea95437a1f>
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156 Is it OK to just `cvs remove' a file for legal reasons, or is
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157 something more drastic needed? A removed file is still available from
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158 CVS, if suitable options are applied.
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159 rms: will ask lawyer
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162 All README (and other such files) that are non-trivial and were added
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163 by Emacs developers need copyright statements and copying permissions
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165 lisp/term/README (author)?
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166 etc/BABYL?
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167 borderline "trivial" cases...?
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170 Clarify the legal status of many image files. It's not necessary
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171 to put a notice in each image (where the format allows it). It's OK to
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172 put the information in a README file in the associated directory.
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173 Files can be listed in groups. See etc/README for an example.
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174 Image files to consider (is there such a thing as a "trivial" image?):
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175 etc/emacs.xbm, gnu.xpm, gnus.pbm, gnus-logo.eps, letter.pbm, letter.xpm
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176 etc/images/
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177 etc/tree-widget/
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180 admin/check-doc-strings
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181 Author is Martin Buchholz, but no assignment from him on file, and
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182 rms has no way to reach him.
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183 [FIXED admin/make-announcement - no copyright]
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184 [FIXED admin/nt/makedist.bat - no copyright]
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185 etc/ms-kermit - no copyright, but ms-7bkermit has one
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186 etc/e/eterm-color.ti - no copyright
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187 rms: "I think that is not copyrightable under the merger doctrine
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188 because the entries are all forced. At least that is the case in the
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189 US; I am not sure whether we can rely on that in general."
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191 For the above files, mail sent from rms to Matthew Norwood
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192 asking what to do (via Eben Moglen), 2007/1/22 ("Copyright years").
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195 etc/gnus-refcard.tex
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196 I (rgm) think the "Gnus Bugfixing Girls + Boys" copyright should
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200 [REMOVED etc/orgcard.tex, orgcard.ps]
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201 Re-add these files if an assignment is received from Rooke.
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204 etc/sk-refcard.ps, pl-refcard.ps, cs-refcard.ps
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205 These refcards need to be regenerated (by those with suitable TeX
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206 setups) to get updated copyrights.
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209 lib-src/etags.c - no 'k.* arnold' in copyright.list'
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210 rms: "That is ok, in principle. I used free code released by Ken
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211 Arnold as the starting point. However, it may be that we need to get
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212 and insert whatever his license was for his code."
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214 - 1984 version of ctags, with no copyright, posted to net.sources:
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215 http://groups.google.com/group/net.sources/msg/a21b6c21be12a98d
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218 lispref/back.texi, elisp-covers.texi, lay-flat.texi,
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219 two-volume-cross-refs.txt, two.el
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220 - add standard notices to any decided to be non-trivial.
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223 lwlib/lwlib-int.h, lwlib.h - no copyright
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224 lwlib/Makefile.in, lwlib-utils.c, lwlib.c - copyright Lucid
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225 lwlib/lwlib-Xaw.c - copyright Chuck Thompson
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226 lwlib/lwlib.c - copyright Lucid, but FSF copyright was added in 2002 -
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227 was that correct?
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231 man/back.texi, trampver.texi
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232 - add standard notices to any decided to be non-trivial.
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235 msdos/is_exec.c, sigaction.c
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237 can we relicense under the GPL? Do these contradict?
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240 oldXMenu/
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241 - should there be any FSF copyrights at all in here? Some were added
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242 in 2005, without licence notices. Was this right?
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243 oldXMenu/Makefile.in, Makefile, Imakefile, descrip.mms, insque.c
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244 - issues described in mail to rms, 2006/12/17.
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245 rms: "I have asked for lawyer's advice about these."
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248 src/acldef.h, chpdef.h, gnu.h, ndir.h
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249 src/m/mips4.h, news-r6.h, news-risc.h, pmax.h
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250 src/s/aix3-2.h, bsd386.h, hpux8.h, hpux9.h, irix4-0.h, irix5-0.h,
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251 isc2-2.h, netbsd.h, osf1.h, sol2-3.h, sunos4-0.h, umips.h, usg5-4-2.h
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253 rms: "I should talk about these with Matthew Norwood."