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Re: nnmaildir, nnnil licenses
From: |
Glenn Morris |
Subject: |
Re: nnmaildir, nnnil licenses |
Date: |
Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:56:32 -0500 |
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Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) |
Richard Stallman wrote:
> gnus/nnmaildir and nnnil describe themselves as "public domain", yet
> also contain the standard Emacs GPL license text. That's a little
> confusing, and I suggest removing the GPL text if these files are
> indeed in the public domain.
>
> Can you check where they actually came from and how they were
> contributed?
Both files were written by Paul Jarc, and originally added as part of Gnus.
copyright.list contains an entry:
GNUS Paul Jarc 2001-10-02
Disclaims changes (changed message.el, added nnmaildir.el)
so nnmaildir seems clear.
nnnil is almost a trivial file IMO. In any case, it would seem his
above disclaimer covers it, yes?
He also has an assignment for Emacs on file, but I guess since these
files were added to Gnus first, they are disclaimed rather than assigned.