Re: [Python-mode] replacing python.el

2009-02-02 Thread Richard M Stallman
However, I don't think it's worth worrying about it on the basis of someone who's so far quoted some duplicated keybindings, and a Fixme comment that was clearly mine, as evidence of all this copied code. If Emacs developers are worried, please contact me more privately. Tho

Re: [Python-mode] replacing python.el

2009-02-01 Thread Richard M Stallman
You've got this backwards. Emacs includes python.el, written by Dave Love, about which there is no legal problem. python-mode.el is the alternative, which has several contributors including Andreas R. This has never been included in Emacs. Please forgive my confusion. I did

Re: [Python-mode] FSF assignment policy

2009-01-27 Thread Richard M Stallman
AFAIS every Emacs-file is inspired by many, many others from the very beginning. We see almost always a plenty of revisions with a lot of people involved. Inspiration is irrelevant to copyright law. It is concerned with the authorship of the code. If a file has been in Emacs for many