Re: [PATCHES] 21.3.50 for Cygwin: patch 7

[Joe Buehler]

Kim F. Storm wrote:

> We require papers for all "non-tiny" changes that are installed in CVS.
>
> In this case, the file builds on source "owned by FSF", but although
> that means that the GPL applies to the changed file, that doesn't make
> FSF "owner" of any work derived from that source.
>
> So if the file has been changed "outside" FSF, we require papers!

Could someone point me to an explanation of all this?  I never had to
sign a thing in years past when contributing to GNU emacs.  Emacs
has been a huge help for me on my jobs since the 80's, and I want to
contribute back, but it appears to have become something of a pain
to do so.

Joe Buehler