GNU bug report logs - #19479
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Message #59 received at 19479 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Kelly Dean <kelly <at> prtime.org>
Cc: 19479 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, assign <at> gnu.org, emacs-devel <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19479: Copyright issue
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 15:32:06 -0500

Glenn Morris wrote:

> I must say, that it was not my impression that disclaimers were not
> accaptable for Emacs. Only that the FSF does not offer a "past and
> future" option for disclaimers like it does for assignments, so a new
> disclaimer would have to be completed for every new change. I thought
> this was not worth bothering with, so I advised you not to send more patches.

PS but yes, for a non-trivial security issue like 19479 it did seem
worth it to me, so I was on the verge of saying, would you be willing to
complete a disclaimer for this change. But then Stefan said disclaimers
were not viable, so I didn't bother to say it.

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