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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/admin/notes/copyright b/admin/notes/copyright
index cc61b9810a7..05ae8c0497d 100644
--- a/admin/notes/copyright
+++ b/admin/notes/copyright
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ Summary for the impatient:
1. Don't add a file to Emacs written by someone other than yourself
without thinking about the legal aspect (make sure they have an
-assignment, adjust the copyright statements in the file).
+assignment, adjust the copyright statements in the file). NB the
+ChangeLog entry should be in the name of the author of the code, not
+the person who installs it.
2. With images, add the legal info to a README file in the directory
containing the image.
@@ -252,6 +254,7 @@ lisp/term/README
wish to revisit later in more detail
+etc/e/eterm-color.ti
src/acldef.h, chpdef.h, ndir.h
On legal advice from Matt Norwood, the following comment was added
to these files in Feb 2007:
@@ -394,10 +397,6 @@ etc/emacs.csh
etc/ms-kermit - no copyright, but ms-7bkermit has one
-etc/e/eterm-color.ti - no copyright
- rms: "I think that is not copyrightable under the merger doctrine
- because the entries are all forced. At least that is the case in the
- US; I am not sure whether we can rely on that in general."
etc/TUTORIAL* (translations)