[O] I have terminated my assignment

[Jambunathan K]

I have terminated my copyright assignment to Emacs (or atleast notified
the copyright desk).

For the sake of record, I haven't authorized Bastien to move the
ox-html.el and ox-odt.el out of the ./contrib/lisp directory in to the
main ./lisp/ directory.  He didn't seek my permissions to move the file
away from contrib/lisp in to lisp/.

I cannot agree with Orgmode project's contention that I have given
consent for above work to be included in Emacs proper.

If FSF ever consults me on rights to my contributions to the above
files, my position will ambiguously be

    "Changes made by me to files ox-html.el, ox-odt.el and
    ox-freemind.el are my own and I assert my rights over the changes.
    Specifically, I will not acknowledge FSF as having the rights to the
    said changes."

Bastien has lost my trust very long back.  More so when he resorted to
erasing attribution to my work.

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My changes to ox-html.el and ox-odt.el is not worth the keyboard it is
typed on.  My changes are useful.  Handing over of rights, liberal
license grant backs from FSF and enforcement of copyright etc. are too
big a thing to even think about for my humble contributions.  The size
of my contributions are simply not worth so much bureaucratic trouble.

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Meanwhile, interesting observers can observe how FSF responds.  Either
they can act consistent with project policy (and reject my work) or
appropriate my work (through changing the rules of the game and
interpreting the terms of contract) to suit their agenda.

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Advice for potential contributors: 
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Think before signing a Future Assignment.  Why write a blank cheque and
have RMS run behind you with "this is a diff to Emacs and all your code
is mine."

Assign work on a case-by-case basis.  

Insist that you cannot apriori sign off rights to future works (Future
work and circumstances cannot be predicted.  Be circumspect).  If more
people refuse to assign future rights, FSF will be forced to review
their stance.

Ask for information on how you can withhold assignments for some
selected work.  

Ask them for cancellation form or a "withholding" form.

Ask them at what point in time your work is *actually part* of Emacs.

Carefully consider the arguments that FSF advances and also the
arguments advanced by detractors.  Don't be swayed by propaganda.

If you are not sure, just don't sign the copyright and wait till you
have ascertained the nature of your work in it's near final form.

Jambunathan K.