Re: Drop the Copyright Assignment requirement for Emacs

[João Távora]

On Sat, May 9, 2020 at 11:00 AM Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > From: João Távora <address@hidden>
> > Date: Sat, 9 May 2020 10:48:34 +0100
> > Cc: Stefan Monnier <address@hidden>,
> >  emacs-devel <address@hidden>
> >
> > I think the reason some people take issue with it is seeing their
> > names vanish from the first few lines of the source file, and be
> > replaced by something they don't agree with, or don't understand.
>
> I don't know where that rumor comes from, but it's false: this never
> happens, except when the author/maintainer disappears from the face of
> the earth, and even then it takes many years.

Oh you're referring to "the Author/Maitainer".  Right that stays.  Indeed
names don't vanish: but the "2020 Copyright John Doe" is now
"2020 Copyright the Free Software Foundation" and some people
don't like that.

Also, it is not a rumor at all, let me be very clear.  It is my personal
conjecture, nothing more.

João