Re: copyright issues and derivative work (the case of matlab-mode)

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
> Cc: oub@mat.ucm.es, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2021 23:24:52 -0500
> 
>   >   I object to making our
>   > documentation a Git tutorial.  Once again, people with write access to
>   > the repository are expected to know how to use Git.
> 
> There is no moral aspect in these questions, so they are purely
> pragmatic -- what works best for us?
> 
> For instance, when should we presume everyone knows the right way to
> do something with git, and when should we explain?  That depends on
> how much of a problem results when someone doesn't know.

Yes, it's a judgment call.  In this case, given the probability that
Git itself will catch incorrectly formatted author identification, I
see no reason to have this in our docs.