Holger Sparr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > David Kastrup schrieb: > >> Ralf Angeli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>> Of course you can only assign copyright of code you've written >>> yourself. Is the code in your pstricks.el in any way based on the >>> code of Jean-Philippe Georget? If that's the case we'd need an >>> assignment from him as well. >> >> Yes. > > Is that a general 'Yes' or a decision based on the code you have > seen?
It is a general one. > Is a simple defvar statement under copyright? Things without creative content are not copyrightable. If there is no other way to achieve the same thing, this is the case. > Do I have to contact Jean-Philippe Georget? If he has significant contributions in there, that would be nice, since you know what parts he wrote. If you prefer me to contact him, that would be ok as well, but you should try to give me a summary of what his parts of the style file are. > Could that be avoided by changing some lines to speed up the process > or get the assignment at all? Rewriting the code from scratch removes the problem. The problem is the "from scratch" part: a rewrite _inspired_ by previous art is still subject to copyright (for example, you can't perform some tune or even phrases from it you remember by heart without being liable for a copyright infringement suit). So unless the contribution in question is trivial, asking for the assignment is the safest course. -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ auctex-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/auctex-devel
