Re: Drop the Copyright Assignment requirement for Emacs

[Alfred M. Szmidt]

   > Finally, above practical aspects, assigning copyright is declaring
   > support for an idea larger than the FSF itself.  It's a political
   > declaration.

   Could someone officially confirm or deny the above paragraph?

It is very much false.  By assigning your copyright to the FSF you do
just that and nothing else, it says nothing about what values you hold
or wish to endorse.

That is intentional, since the GNU project welcomes _anyone_ no matter
what their political views are.