Re: Drop the Copyright Assignment requirement for Emacs

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> 2020. 5. 9. 오후 11:22, Philippe Vaucher <address@hidden> 작성:
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> 
>> 
>> I don't resist asking: does relinquishing copyright of a work to
>> the "Free Software Foundation" a "nonprofit with a worldwide
>> mission to promote computer user freedom" really say nothing
>> about what values one wishes to endorse?
> 
> For me (and I suspect others) it was like this: I see something I'd
> like to change in Emacs and I want to contribute. I take the time to
> write a patch and I want to send, then I'm told I cannot send it until
> I sign these papers. This annoys me, the papers looks pretty
> fear-based and everywhere else open source I just send a patch and I'm
> done. Those other open source entities don't seem to have legal
> problems. Also it's not just something where I sign online and click
> and I'm done, I have to print, sign, scan and send by email. This
> delay my patch sending several months until finally my thirst of
> wanting this patch in is too strong and I bother with the assignments.

This was (and still is) my case too, FWIW. The friction to contribute to Emacs 
is pretty high, and one hurdle is the assignments. (Actually, it turns out 
assignment was only one hurdle out of many, which makes me have a few patches 
that I just apply when I compile emacs myself. I’m pretty sure a lot of people 
will be doing that.