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> 
> I just got this from Stallman, what do people think should I should
> do?
> 
> doug

Signing papers is a nuissance, but unless you have other reasons
for not going along, I'd sign. I've seen on this list (I think) that some
people included clauses that prevent RMS from doing changes to which the
original author objects, if this is what you are concerned with.


	--michael  


> 
> From: "Richard M. Stallman" <rms@priam.CS.Berkeley.EDU>
> To: dkeller@vnet.ibm.com
> Cc: rms@priam.CS.Berkeley.EDU
> Subject: Balloon help and Emacs
> Date: Sat, 30 Aug 1997 18:26:34 -0700 (PDT)
> 
> Dan Nicolaescu adapted your file balloon_help.c to work in Emacs.
> I'd like that feature very much--but our lawyer says we should
> not install code unless we get legal papers for it.
> 
> Dan is willing.  Would you be willing to assign or disclaim the
> copyright on this file so I could put it into Emacs?
> 
> (Doing this would also help the FSF enforce the GNU GPL for XEmacs
> if someone violates it.)

