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Re: A copyright (?) issue with a message helper function
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Karl Fogel |
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Re: A copyright (?) issue with a message helper function |
Date: |
Mon, 18 Jan 2016 16:13:24 -0600 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Marcin Borkowski <address@hidden> writes:
>I'm writing myself a function to ask me whether I really want to send
>a message without an attachment if it contains a string like "I
>attach". I'd like to submit it as a patch to Emacs. However, I used
>the set of strings described here:
>http://email.about.com/od/gmailtips/qt/How_to_Get_a_Forgotten_Attachment_Reminder_in_Gmail.htm
>Would it be a copyright problem?
I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice, but if it were my code I
wouldn't worry a bit. Those phrases do not look copyrightable, and they are
used here strictly for utilitarian (not expressive) purposes. IMHO there
shouldn't be any problem.
-Karl