# HG changeset patch
# User Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
# Date 1171652949 0
# Node ID 3c09babf18696169bc632bf052f7ab1cce428b60
# Parent  ba1b2560a1205eb5e6a8b3a39a8731647b8e4360
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diff -r ba1b2560a120 -r 3c09babf1869 admin/notes/copyright
--- a/admin/notes/copyright	Fri Feb 16 18:48:15 2007 +0000
+++ b/admin/notes/copyright	Fri Feb 16 19:09:09 2007 +0000
@@ -13,6 +13,19 @@
 longer, eg the text "GNU Emacs is free software...".
 
 
+Summary for the impatient:
+
+1. Don't add a file to Emacs written by someone other than yourself
+without thinking about the legal aspect (make sure they have an
+assignment, adjust the copyright statements in the file).
+
+2. With images, add the legal info to a README file in the directory
+containing the image.
+
+3. If you add a lot of text to a previously trivial file that had no
+legal notices, consider if you should add a copyright statement.
+
+
 Every non-trivial file distributed through the Emacs CVS should be
 self-explanatory in terms of copyright and license. This includes
 files that are not distributed in Emacs releases (for example, the