---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jason Spiro <[email protected]> Date: Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 1:51 AM Subject: Re: [gnu.org #393190] Dear FSF clerk, here are all my questions about copyright assigment To: [email protected] On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 2:28 PM, Donald R Robertson III via RT <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, I emailed emacs-devel about getting vimpulse into emacs, as you suggested. The subject line of the mail I sent is "What to do so Vimpulse (Vim emulation plugin) can get into Emacs?".
Thanks again for your interest. The FSF does not accept assignment contracts from the wild
If I may ask -- why not?
so we don't provide PDFs of those forms. Although it is possible to have everyone assign their work now, I believe it is our policy to not accept assignments when it isn't clear that the work is becoming a part of GNU.
If I may ask this too -- why not?
In general, even when it is just an individual seeking to assign work and they haven't contacted the maintainer to see about getting their work accepted, I tell them to hold-off on the assignment. Sometimes, if a contributor's work is not copyright significant,
OK; how many lines of significant code is usually required for a contributor's work to be copyright significant?
we don't need an assignment from them. Other times, life gets in the way and the person never ends up contributing.
In any event, it is usually the maintainer of the project who sends someone my way looking for an assignment. If you guys haven't already signed up at https://savannah.gnu.org, then you definitely should. You should talk to them about your project (I'm sure they'd be interested in it!) and about your desire to have it included in emacs someday. Even if the work isn't ready for inclusion yet, they might see it as a promising possibility. That's really the first step and the best step you can take in getting your work assigned to the FSF. You'll have to contact them anyways at some point in the process, so you might as well get it out of the way. Thanks again for your interest, and good luck with your project.
I have contacted them, but through the mailing list, not through Savannah, since the form you mentioned seems not to be the way to contact them all. Cheers, -- Jason Spiro: software/web developer, packager, trainer, IT consultant. I support Linux, UNIX, Windows, and more. Contact me to discuss your needs. +1 (416) 992-3445 / www.jspiro.com -- Jason Spiro: software/web developer, packager, trainer, IT consultant. I support Linux, UNIX, Windows, and more. Contact me to discuss your needs. +1 (416) 992-3445 / www.jspiro.com