Re: Emacs CLA requirement

[Richard Stallman]

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  >   So it's certainly the case that some people feel they needn't
  > worry about copyright (or aren't aware of the issues), accept arbitrary
  > contributions, and after a while it's yet another really nice package
  > that can't make Emacs better out-of-the-box.

We have a plan to handle that problem through NonGNU ELPA.  The Emacs
maintainers need to work out a few specific questions about how to
manage it, and then we can start putting packages there.

For Emacs itself, we will stick to the traditional GNU copyright
policies.

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Dr Richard Stallman (https://stallman.org)
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