GNU bug report logs - #38002
Please remove this joke

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From: nipponpost <at> airmail.cc
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs <bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+nipponpost=airmail.cc <at> gnu.org>, Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>, 38002 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#38002: Please remove this joke
Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 23:25:02 +0000

And I am going to find out who added that joke, if at all I possibly 
can, and inform him about copyright reversion under section 203 of the 
Copyright Act.

www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap2.html#203

And No: these contributions are not works for hire.
(Note regarding 35 years: I assume his code was as ancient as his joke.)

On 2019-11-01 16:21, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:
> Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
>> There is nothing wrong with jokes in general, and no valid reason in
>> general to delete jokes in the Emacs distribution.  If you think there
>> is something bad about a particular joke, please suggest deleting that
>> specific joke and give the specific reason.
> 
> I've applied the patch (removing the boring joke), and I agree with you
> that there's nothing wrong with jokes in general.

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