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03/21/07 09:51:40 (2 years ago)

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miyoshi

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1	1	Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2		Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
3		are permitted provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.
	2	See the end of the file for license conditions.
4	3
5	4
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13	12	A "license notice" is a statement of permissions, and is usually much
14	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.
15	39
16	40
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26	50	CVS, then it does not really matter about adding a copyright statement
27	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".
28	64
29	65	The years in the copyright notice should be updated every year (see
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39	75	(?).
40	76
41		All README (and other such text files) that are non-trivial and were
42		added by Emacs developers need copyright and copying permission
43		statements (see eg INSTALL in the top-level directory).
44
45		All images files that allow for comments should have copyright and
46		license statements. Whether or not this is possible, the information
47		should be recorded in a README file in each directory with images.
	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
48	92
49	93	When installing a file with an "unusual" license (after checking first
…	…
71	115	else it is possible the file should not be in Emacs at all (please
72	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.
73	121
74	122	[For reference, most of these points were established via email with
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86	134	[Post-release, will automate this like set-version does for version.]
87	135
88
89	136	<top-level>/install-sh
90	137	lispintro/install-sh
91	138	- this file is copyright MIT, which is OK. Leave the copyright alone.
92	139
	140	src/m/news-r6.h
	141	public domain, leave alone.
	142
	143	etc/BABYL, ms-kermit
	144	no notices (see below).
	145
93	146	etc/edt-user.doc
94	147	- update BOTH notices in this file
95	148
96		[etc/orgcard.tex, orgcard.ps - files removed 2007/1/29]
97		- with no assignment from Rooke, these files were removed. We are
98		asking for an assignment, and if one is received the files will be
99		replaced.
	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 humourless 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
100	181
101	182	leim/CXTERM-DIC/4Corner.tit, ARRAY30.tit, CCDOSPY.tit, ECDICT.tit,
…	…
107	188	pinyin.map, ziranma.cin
108	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.
109	192
110	193	leim/SKK-DIC/SKK-JISYO.L
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113	196
114	197	lib-src/etags.c
115		- this has a copyright Ken Arnold. We are still deciding what should
116		be done here (see below).
	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.
117	221
118	222	lib-src/getopt1.c, getopt_int.h
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133	237	- there are also copyrights in the body of the file. Update these too.
134	238
135		msdos/is_exec.c, sigaction.c
136		- these files are copyright DJ Delorie. Leave the copyrights alone.
137		Leave the Eli Zaretskii copyright in is_exec.c alone.
	239
	240	lwlib/
	241	rms (2007/02/17): "lwlib is not assigned to the FSF; we don't consider
	242	it part of Emacs. [...] Therefore non-FSF copyrights are ok in lwlib."
	243
	244	NB don't change the GPL version used for lwlib .c and .h files (see
	245	below).
	246
	247	FSF copyrights should only appear in files which have undergone
	248	non-trivial cumulative changes from the original versions in the Lucid
	249	Widget Library. NB this means that if you make non-trivial changes to
	250	a file with no FSF copyright, you should add one. Also, if changes are
	251	reverted to the extent that a file becomes basically the same as the
	252	original version, the FSF copyright should be removed.
	253
	254	In my (rgm) opinion, as of Feb 2007, all the non-trivial files differ
	255	significantly from the original versions, with the exception of
	256	lwlib-Xm.h. Most of the changes that were made to this file have
	257	subsequently been reverted. Therefore I removed the FSF copyright from
	258	this file (which is arguably too trivial to merit a notice anyway). I
	259	added FSF copyright to the following files which did not have them
	260	already: Makefile.in, lwlib-Xaw.c, lwlib-int.h (borderline),
	261	lwlib-utils.c (borderline), lwlib.c, lwlib.h.
	262
	263	Copyright years before the advent of public CVS in 2001 were those
	264	when I judged (from the CVS logs) that non-trivial amounts of change
	265	had taken place. I also adjusted the existing FSF years in xlwmenu.c,
	266	xlwmenu.h, and xlwmenuP.h on the same basis.
	267
	268	Note that until Feb 2007, the following files in lwlib were lacking
	269	notices: lwlib-int.h, lwlib.h, lwlib-Xaw.h, lwlib-Xlw.h, lwlib-utils.h
	270
	271	The following files did not list a Lucid copyright: xlwmenu.h,
	272	xlwmenuP.h.
	273
	274	To the best of our knowledge, all the code files in lwlib were
	275	originally part of the Lucid Widget Library, even if they did not say
	276	so explicitly. For example, they were all present in Lucid Emacs 19.1
	277	in 1992. The exceptions are the two Xaw files, which did not appear
	278	till Lucid Emacs 19.9 in 1994. The file lwlib-Xaw.h is too trivial to
	279	merit a copyright notice, but would presumably have the same one as
	280	lwlib-Xaw.c. We have been unable to find a true standalone version of
	281	LWL, if there was such a thing, to check definitively.
	282
	283	To clarify the situation, in Feb 2007 we added Lucid copyrights and
	284	GPL notices to those files lacking either that were non-trivial,
	285	namely: lwlib-int.h, lwlib.h, xlwmenu.h, xlwmenuP.h. This represents
	286	our best understanding of the legal status of these files. We also
	287	clarified the notices in Makefile.in, which was originally the
	288	Makefile auto-generated from Lucid's Imakefile.
	289
	290	As of Feb 2007, the following files are considered too trivial for
	291	notices: lwlib-Xaw.h, lwlib-Xlw.h, lwlib-utils.h.
	292
	293	The version of lwlib/ first installed in Emacs seems to be the same as
	294	that used in Lucid Emacs 19.8 (released 6-sep-93); except the two Xaw
	295	files, which did not appear till Athena support was added in Lucid
	296	Emacs 19.9. In Lucid Emacs 19.1, all files were under GPLv1 or later,
	297	but by Lucid Emacs 19.8, lwlib.c and xlwmenu.c had been switched to v2
	298	or later. These are the versions that were first installed in Emacs.
	299	So in GNU Emacs, these two files have been under v2 or later since
	300	1994.
	301
	302	It seems that it was the intention of Lucid to use v1 or later
	303	(excepting the two files mentioned previously); so this is the license
	304	we have used when adding notices to code that did not have notices
	305	originally. Although we have the legal right to switch to v2 or later,
	306	rms prefers that we do not do so.
	307
	308
	309	msdos/is_exec.c, sigaction.c - these files are copyright DJ Delorie.
	310	Leave the copyrights alone. Leave the Eli Zaretskii copyright in
	311	is_exec.c alone. See the msdos/README file for the legal history of
	312	these files.
	313
	314
	315	oldXMenu/
	316	Keep the "copyright.h" method used by X11, rather than moving the
	317	licenses into the files. Note that the original X10.h did not use
	318	copyright.h, but had an explicit notice, which we retain.
	319
	320	If you make non-trivial changes to a file which does not have an FSF
	321	notice, add one and a GPL notice (as per Activate.c). If changes to a
	322	file are reverted such that it becomes essentially the same as the
	323	original X11 version, remove the FSF notice and GPL.
	324
	325	Only the files which differ significantly from the original X11
	326	versions should have FSF copyright and GPL notices. At time of writing
	327	(Feb 2007), this is: Activate.c, Create.c, Internal.c. I (rgm)
	328	established this by diff'ing the current files against those in X11R1,
	329	and when I found significant differences looking in the ChangeLog for
	330	the years they originated (the CVS logs are truncated before 1999). I
	331	therefore removed the FSF notices (added in 200x) from the other
	332	files. There are some borderline cases IMO: AddSel.c, InsSel.c,
	333	XMakeAssoc.c, XMenu.h. For these I erred on the side of NOT adding FSF
	334	notices.
	335
	336	With regards to whether the files we have changed should have GPL
	337	added or not, rms says (2007-02-25, "oldXmenu issues"):
	338
	339	It does not make much difference, because oldXmenu is obsolete
	340	except for use in Emacs (and it is not normally used in Emacs any
	341	more either).
	342
	343	So, to make things simple, please put our changes under the GPL.
	344
	345	insque.c had no copyright notice until 2005. The version of insque.c
	346	added to Emacs 1992-01-27 is essentially the same as insremque.c added
	347	to glic three days later by Roland McGrath, with an FSF copyright and
	348	GPL, but no ChangeLog entry:
	349	<http://sources.redhat.com/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/libc/misc/insremque.c?\
	350	rev=1.1&cvsroot=glibc>
	351	To the best of his recollection, McGrath (who has a copyright
	352	assignment) was the author of this file (email from roland at frob.com
	353	to rms, 2007-02-23, "Where did insque.c come from?"). The FSF
	354	copyright and GPL in this file are therefore correct as far as we
	355	understand it.
	356
	357	Imakefile had no legal info in Feb 2007, but was obviously based on
	358	the X11 version (which also had no explicit legal info). As it was
	359	unused, I removed it. It would have the same MIT copyright as
	360	Makefile.in does now.
	361
138	362
139	363	src/gmalloc.c
140	364	- contains numerous copyrights from the GNU C library. Leave them alone.
	365
	366	src/acldef.h, chpdef.h, ndir.h
	367	- see comments below. These files are OK to be released with Emacs
	368	22, but we may want to revisit them afterwards.
141	369
142	370	[src/unexhp9k800.c - removed 2007/1/27]
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148	376	if you can clarify its legal status.
149	377
150		etc/gnus-refcard.tex
151		etc/gnus-booklet.ps
152		- gnus logo (= GNU Emacs logo) is FSF assigned.
153
154		*** These are copyright issues still to be addressed:
155
	378
	379	** Some notes on resolved issues, for historical information only
	380
	381	etc/TERMS
	382	rms: "surely written either by me or by ESR. (If you can figure out
	383	which year, I can probably tell you which.) Either way, we have papers
	384	for it." It was present in Emacs-16.56 (15-jul-85). rms: "Then I
	385	conclude it was written by me."
	386
	387	etc/ulimit.hack
	388	Very obsolete file removed March 2007. Doesn't say who the author
	389	is, but web-search suggests Karl Kleinpaste, who has no Emacs
	390	assignment. Trivial anyway.
	391	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.unix.shell/browse_thread/thread/bf3df496994\
	392	9f1df/7e5922c67b3a98fb
	393	http://groups.google.com/group/comp.unix.questions/msg/cc7e49cacfd1ccb4
	394	(original 1987 source)
	395
	396	lisp/term/README
	397	- had no copyright notice till Feb 2007. ChangeLog.3 suggests it was
	398	written by Eric Raymond. When asked by rms on 14 Feb 2007 he said:
	399
	400	I don't remember writing it, but it reads like my prose and I believe
	401	I wrote the feature(s) it's describing. So I would have been the
	402	likeliest person to write it.
	403
	404	Odds are that I did, but I'm not certain.
	405
	406	Accordingly, FSF copyright was added.
	407
	408
	409	** Issues that are "fixed" for the release of Emacs 22, but we may
	410	wish to revisit later in more detail
	411
	412
	413	admin/check-doc-strings
	414	File says it's in the public domain, but that might not make it so.
	415
	416	etc/BABYL
	417	File written long ago by authors with no assignment. Keep them
	418	without notices for now, try and contact authors if possible. Be
	419	ready to remove these files if the authors ever object.
	420
	421	etc/ms-kermit
	422	etc/e/eterm-color.ti
	423	src/acldef.h, chpdef.h, ndir.h
	424	On legal advice from Matt Norwood, the following comment was added
	425	to these files in Feb/Mar 2007:
	426
	427	The code here is forced by the interface, and is not subject to
	428	copyright, constituting the only possible expression of the
	429	algorithm in this format.
	430
	431	With the addition of this notice, these files are OK for the
	432	upcoming Emacs-22 release. Post-release, we can revisit this issue
	433	and possibly add a list of all authors who have changed these files.
	434	(details in email from Matt Norwood to rms, 2007/02/03).
	435
	436	etc/ms-7bkermit
	437	Says it was written by Andy Lowry and Joel Spolsky. No entry for
	438	either in copyright.list. NB this file is not "constrained" like
	439	ms-kermit (rms: "We know it isn't. A comment at the front says it has
	440	other bindings which might be handy."). File removed March 2007.
	441	Re-add if clear up status at some point.
	442
	443	etc/Xkeymap.txt
	444	No info on author. File removed March 2007. rms: "It says it is
	445	RLK's way of remapping his keyboard, so it is not constrained. I think
	446	it was written by RLK. Let's delete it; if we contact RLK again, we
	447	can put it back." Actually, RLK == Robert Krawitz has an Emacs
	448	assignment. So this could be restored if it is still useful, but Jan Djärv
	449	says it is obsolete:
	450	<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-03/msg00673.html>
	451
	452	src/m/mips4.h, news-risc.h, pmax.h
	453	src/s/aix3-2.h, bsd386.h, hpux8.h, hpux9.h, irix4-0.h, irix5-0.h,
	454	isc2-2.h, netbsd.h, osf1.h, sol2-3.h, sunos4-0.h, usg5-4-2.h
	455	- all these (not obviously trivial) files were missing copyrights
	456	till Feb 2007, when FSF copyright was added. Matt Norwood advised:
	457
	458	For now, I think the best policy is to assume that we do have
	459	assignments from the authors (I recall many of these header files
	460	as having been originally written by rms), and to attach an FSF
	461	copyright with GPL notice. We can amend this if and when we
	462	complete the code audit. Any additions to these files by
	463	non-assigned authors are arguably "de minimis" contributions to
	464	Emacs: small changes or suggestions to a work that are subsumed in
	465	the main authors' copyright in the entire work.
	466
	467	Here is my (rgm) take on the details of the above files:
	468
	469	mips4.h
	470	might be trivial? started trivial, been added to in tiny changes by
	471	those with FSF assignment, often result of email suggestions by others.
	472
	473	news-risc.h
	474	started trivial. Grown by tiny additions, plus chunk
	475	from mips.h, which was and is Copyright FSF
	476
	477	pmax.h
	478	started trivial. grown in tiny changes, except for maybe Jim Wilson's
	479	comment.
	480
	481	? irix4-0.h
	482	I would say started non-trivial (1992, rms). only tiny changes since
	483	installed.
	484
	485	? irix5-0.h
	486	I would say started non-trivial (1993, jimb, heavily based
	487	on irix4-0.h). A few borderline non-tiny changes since.
	488
	489	? isc2-2.h
	490	started trivial. 2 non-tiny change, in 1993. looks to
	491	be made up of several small tweaks from various sources. maybe
	492	non-tiny total changes from Karl Berry (no emacs assignment).
	493
	494	osf1.h
	495	started trivial. grown in tiny changes (one borderline tiny change
	496	by fx in 2000, but most code was later removed). non-tiny addition
	497	in 2002 from m/alpha.h, but that was and is copyright FSF.
	498
	499	usg5-4-2.h
	500	started non-trivial, but was heavily based on usg5-4.h, which was and is
	501	copyright FSF. only tiny changes since installed.
	502
	503	sol2-3.h
	504	started trivial. only non-tiny change (1994) incorporated code from
	505	usg5-4.h, which was and is copyright FSF.
	506
	507	aix3-2.h, bsd386.h, hpux8.h, hpux9.h, netbsd.h, sunos4-0.h
	508	started trivial, grown in tiny changes.
	509
	510	netbsd.h:
	511	Roland McGrath said to rms (2007/02/17): "I don't really remember
	512	anything about it. If I put it in without other comment, then probably
	513	I wrote it myself."
	514
	515
	516	Someone might want to tweak the copyright years (for dates before
	517	2001) that I used in all these files.
	518
	519	Note: erring on the side of caution, I also added notices to some
	520	files I thought might be considered non-trivial (if one includes
	521	comment) in s/:
	522	aix4-1.h hiuxmpp.h hiuxwe2.h hpux10.h irix6-0.h irix6-5.h isc3-0.h
	523	ptx4.h sol2.h sunos4-0.h
	524
	525	(everything with > 30 non-blank lines, which at least is _some_ kind of
	526	system)
	527
	528
	529	*** These are copyright issues that need not be fixed until after
	530	Emacs 22 is released (though if they can be fixed before, that is
	531	obviously good):
156	532
157	533	Maybe some relevant comments here?
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161	537	Is it OK to just `cvs remove' a file for legal reasons, or is
162	538	something more drastic needed? A removed file is still available from
163		CVS, if suitable options are applied.
	539	CVS, if suitable options are applied. (This CVS issue obviously does
	540	not affect a release).
164	541	rms: will ask lawyer
165	542
166	543
167		All README (and other such files) that are non-trivial and were added
168		by Emacs developers need copyright statements and copying permissions
169		to be added.
170		lisp/term/README (author)?
171		etc/BABYL?
172		borderline "trivial" cases...?
173		Apparently these should (all?) be placed under GPL. (asked for clarification)
174
175
176		Clarify the legal status of many image files. It's not necessary
177		to put a notice in each image (where the format allows it). It's OK to
178		put the information in a README file in the associated directory.
179		Files can be listed in groups. See etc/README for an example.
180		Image files to consider (is there such a thing as a "trivial" image?):
181		etc/emacs.xbm, gnu.xpm
182		etc/images/
183
184		admin/check-doc-strings
185		Author is Martin Buchholz, but no assignment from him on file, and
186		rms has no way to reach him.
187		[FIXED admin/make-announcement - no copyright]
188		[FIXED admin/nt/makedist.bat - no copyright]
189		etc/ms-kermit - no copyright, but ms-7bkermit has one
190		etc/e/eterm-color.ti - no copyright
191		rms: "I think that is not copyrightable under the merger doctrine
192		because the entries are all forced. At least that is the case in the
193		US; I am not sure whether we can rely on that in general."
194
195		For the above files, mail sent from rms to Matthew Norwood
196		asking what to do (via Eben Moglen), 2007/1/22 ("Copyright years").
197
198
199		[REMOVED etc/orgcard.tex, orgcard.ps]
200		Re-add these files if an assignment is received from Rooke.
201
202
203		etc/sk-refcard.ps, pl-refcard.ps, cs-refcard.ps
204		These refcards need to be regenerated (by those with suitable TeX
205		setups) to get updated copyrights.
206
207
208		lib-src/etags.c - no 'k.* arnold' in copyright.list'
209		rms: "That is ok, in principle. I used free code released by Ken
210		Arnold as the starting point. However, it may be that we need to get
211		and insert whatever his license was for his code."
212
213		- 1984 version of ctags, with no copyright, posted to net.sources:
214		http://groups.google.com/group/net.sources/msg/a21b6c21be12a98d
215
216
217		lispref/back.texi, elisp-covers.texi, lay-flat.texi,
218		two-volume-cross-refs.txt, two.el
219		- add standard notices to any decided to be non-trivial.
220
221
222		lwlib/lwlib-int.h, lwlib.h - no copyright
223		lwlib/Makefile.in, lwlib-utils.c, lwlib.c - copyright Lucid
224		lwlib/lwlib-Xaw.c - copyright Chuck Thompson
225		lwlib/lwlib.c - copyright Lucid, but FSF copyright was added in 2002 -
226		was that correct?
227		rms: "I asked Matthew Norwood about these, I believe."
228
229
230		man/back.texi, trampver.texi
231		- add standard notices to any decided to be non-trivial.
232
233
234		[fix to be installed: msdos/is_exec.c, sigaction.c]
235		- do we need to add COPYING.LIB (because COPYING.DJ refers to it)?
236		can we relicense under the GPL? Do these contradict?
237
238
239		oldXMenu/
240		- should there be any FSF copyrights at all in here? Some were added
241		in 2005, without licence notices. Was this right?
242		oldXMenu/Makefile.in, Makefile, Imakefile, descrip.mms, insque.c
243		- issues described in mail to rms, 2006/12/17.
244		rms: "I have asked for lawyer's advice about these."
245
246
247		src/acldef.h, chpdef.h, gnu.h, ndir.h
248		src/m/mips4.h, news-r6.h, news-risc.h, pmax.h
249		src/s/aix3-2.h, bsd386.h, hpux8.h, hpux9.h, irix4-0.h, irix5-0.h,
250		isc2-2.h, netbsd.h, osf1.h, sol2-3.h, sunos4-0.h, umips.h, usg5-4-2.h
251		- all these (not obviously trivial) files are missing copyrights.
252		rms: "I should talk about these with Matthew Norwood."
253		[fix for src/ndir.h "and similar .h" files to be installed. which are similar?]
	544	Make sure that all files with non-standard copyrights or licenses are
	545	noted in this file.
	546
	547
	548	REMOVED etc/gnu.xpm, nt/icons/emacs21.ico, nt/icons/sink.ico
	549	- Restore if find legal info. emacs21.ico is not due to Davenport.
	550	Voelker could not immediately recall anything, but will check and
	551	let us know if he finds anything.
	552
	553
	554	etc/images
	555	Image files from GTK, Gnome are under GPLv2 (no "or later"?). RMS will
	556	contact image authors in regards to future switch to v3.
	557
	558
	559	etc/TUTORIAL* (translations)
	560	switch to GPL (see english TUTORIAL)
	561	rms: "We can leave the TUTORIAL translations alone until their
	562	maintainers update them."
	563	Can adapt short license text from end of GPL translations at:
	564	http://www.gnu.org/licenses/translations.html
	565	Only a few sentences around the license notice need changing from
	566	previous version.
	567	Done: TUTORIAL.eo
254	568
255	569
…	…
257	571	- we would like to re-add this file if possible. Please let us know
258	572	if you can clarify its legal status.
	573	http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2007-02/msg00138.html
	574
	575
	576	*** These are copyright issues still to be addressed:
	577
	578	Need an assignment from Kevin Rodgers (rms), else several changes to
	579	deal with.
	580
	581
	582
	583	This file is part of GNU Emacs.
	584
	585	GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
	586	it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
	587	the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
	588	any later version.
	589
	590	GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
	591	but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
	592	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
	593	GNU General Public License for more details.
	594
	595	You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
	596	along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
	597	Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
	598	Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.

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