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Re: copyright issues and derivative work (the case of matlab-mode)
From: |
Uwe Brauer |
Subject: |
Re: copyright issues and derivative work (the case of matlab-mode) |
Date: |
Tue, 23 Nov 2021 17:59:21 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
> It's a, assuming that those code lines are gone for good, i.e. the
> current code is not merely some transformation of those original
> lines. The "annotate" (or "blame") command will not tell you, because
> it attributes whole lines; you need to look at the diffs between the
> last version that did have that code and the current code, and analyze
> that.
I know that annotate/blame is not enough. I do precisely what you are
suggesting: looking at the diffs, that is why this it is so extensive, 🙃
> Btw, the "15-lines" rule is just an approximation: depending on what
> are those lines, it could be much more, or it could be slightly less.
> It's a judgment call, not a mechanistic line count.
I see, on that subject another question for the future: suppose I as a
maintainer receive a 2 lines patch for example
,----
|
| diff --git a/elisp/matlab-emacs/matlab.el b/elisp/matlab-emacs/matlab.el
| index 63ce838..71b6ff0 100755
| --- a/elisp/matlab-emacs/matlab.el
| +++ b/elisp/matlab-emacs/matlab.el
| @@ -3731,6 +3731,6 @@ If ARG is nil, then highlighting is toggled."
| post-command-hook)
| -1 1)))
| (if (> arg 0)
| - (add-hook 'post-command-hook 'matlab-start-block-highlight-timer)
| - (remove-hook 'post-command-hook 'matlab-start-block-highlight-timer))))
| + (add-hook 'post-command-hook 'matlab-start-block-highlight-timer nil
:local)
| + (remove-hook 'post-command-hook 'matlab-start-block-highlight-timer
:local))))
|
`----
Since this is legally not significant, (I hope you agree):
Should I commit this under my name (with reference in the log message to
the author), or should I commit that under the authors name?
Regards
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- copyright issues and derivative work (the case of matlab-mode), Uwe Brauer, 2021/11/23
- Re: copyright issues and derivative work (the case of matlab-mode), Eli Zaretskii, 2021/11/23
- Re: copyright issues and derivative work (the case of matlab-mode),
Uwe Brauer <=
- Re: copyright issues and derivative work (the case of matlab-mode), Eli Zaretskii, 2021/11/23
- Re: copyright issues and derivative work (the case of matlab-mode), Uwe Brauer, 2021/11/23
- Re: copyright issues and derivative work (the case of matlab-mode), Eli Zaretskii, 2021/11/23
- Re: copyright issues and derivative work (the case of matlab-mode), Richard Stallman, 2021/11/25
- Re: copyright issues and derivative work (the case of matlab-mode), Eli Zaretskii, 2021/11/25
- Re: copyright issues and derivative work (the case of matlab-mode), Uwe Brauer, 2021/11/25
- Re: copyright issues and derivative work (the case of matlab-mode), Eli Zaretskii, 2021/11/25
- Re: copyright issues and derivative work (the case of matlab-mode), Richard Stallman, 2021/11/26
- Re: copyright issues and derivative work (the case of matlab-mode), Eli Zaretskii, 2021/11/27
- Re: copyright issues and derivative work (the case of matlab-mode), Richard Stallman, 2021/11/27