Mercurial > emacs
changeset 75967:3c09babf1869
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| author | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> |
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| date | Fri, 16 Feb 2007 19:09:09 +0000 |
| parents | ba1b2560a120 |
| children | 88a395ffffbc |
| files | admin/notes/copyright |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- 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