This will make things more convenient for contributors, so please install it and ack.
------- Start of forwarded message ------- Subject: [gnu.org #1466801] Discussion to update Maintain.texi file From: "Craig Topham via RT" <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] In-Reply-To: <rt-4.2.14-7-g171caae-25045-1579642924-1117.1466801-...@rt.gnu.org> Message-ID: <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----------=_1579643222-25047-9" Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 16:47:03 -0500 [1:text/plain Hide] rms, Eli Zaretskii has pointed out to us that the maintain.texi file should be updated to reflect how we currently can take electronic copyright assignments from any country (not just exclusively USA, Germany, or India). I've attached the current text along with my suggested text and diff/wdiff files. Please let me know if you need additional information. ~Craig [2:application/octet-stream Hide Save:Current (650B)] After receiving the necessary form, the contributor needs to sign it. Contributors residing in the USA or Italy may use GPG in order to sign their assignment. Contributors located in the USA, Germany, or India can print, sign, and then email (or fax) a scanned copy back to the FSF. (Specific instructions for both cases are sent with the assignment form.) They may use postal mail, if they prefer. Contributors residing outside the USA, Germany or India must mail the signed form to the FSF via postal mail. To emphasize, the necessary distinction is between residents and non-residents of these countries; citizenship does not matter. [3:application/octet-stream Hide Save:Suggested (522B)] After receiving the necessary form, the contributor needs to sign it. Contributors residing in the USA or Italy may use GPG in order to sign their assignment. Contributors located anywhere else can print, sign, and then email (or fax) a scanned copy back to the FSF. (Specific instructions for both cases are sent with the assignment form.) They may use postal mail, if they prefer. To emphasize, the necessary distinction is between residents and non-residents of these countries; citizenship does not matter. [4:application/octet-stream Hide Save:diff-c (1kB)] *** Current 2020-01-21 13:18:05.567583119 -0800 - --- Updated 2020-01-21 13:22:26.100789533 -0800 *************** *** 1 **** ! After receiving the necessary form, the contributor needs to sign it. Contributors residing in the USA or Italy may use GPG in order to sign their assignment. Contributors located in the USA, Germany, or India can print, sign, and then email (or fax) a scanned copy back to the FSF. (Specific instructions for both cases are sent with the assignment form.) They may use postal mail, if they prefer. Contributors residing outside the USA, Germany or India must mail the signed form to the FSF via postal mail. To emphasize, the necessary distinction is between residents and non-residents of these countries; citizenship does not matter. - --- 1 ---- ! After receiving the necessary form, the contributor needs to sign it. Contributors residing in the USA or Italy may use GPG in order to sign their assignment. Contributors located anywhere else can print, sign, and then email (or fax) a scanned copy back to the FSF. (Specific instructions for both cases are sent with the assignment form.) They may use postal mail, if they prefer. To emphasize, the necessary distinction is between residents and non-residents of these countries; citizenship does not matter. [5:application/octet-stream Hide Save:wdiff (677B)] After receiving the necessary form, the contributor needs to sign it. Contributors residing in the USA or Italy may use GPG in order to sign their assignment. Contributors located [-in the USA, Germany, or India-] {+anywhere else+} can print, sign, and then email (or fax) a scanned copy back to the FSF. (Specific instructions for both cases are sent with the assignment form.) They may use postal mail, if they prefer. [-Contributors residing outside the USA, Germany or India must mail the signed form to the FSF via postal mail.-] To emphasize, the necessary distinction is between residents and non-residents of these countries; citizenship does not matter. ------- End of forwarded message ------- -- Dr Richard Stallman Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org) Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)
