Emacs and Magit

Posted Jul 12, 2017 14:02 UTC (Wed) by amarao (guest, #87073)
Parent article: Emacs and Magit

It looks like FSF is afraid of GPL license and want to own copyright instead.

Emacs and Magit

Posted Jul 12, 2017 14:27 UTC (Wed) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946) [Link] (1 responses)

Not sure how that makes sense? They created the GPL and have explained their rationale in detail for copyright assignment

https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-assign.en.html

Agree or disagree, fear isn't a factor here

Emacs and Magit

Posted Jul 12, 2017 21:05 UTC (Wed) by dottedmag (subscriber, #18590) [Link]

The probability that copyright enforcement, cited as a primary reason for copyright assignment, will be necessary for GNU Emacs is, to put it mildly, slim.

One can argue that other GNU packages might need it, but, seriously, GNU Emacs copyright enforcement in 2017+?