Re: Please install this change and ack.

[John Darrington]

ACK.

On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 08:36:22PM -0500, Richard Stallman wrote:
     This will make things more convenient for contributors,
     so please install it and ack.
     
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     Subject: [gnu.org #1466801] Discussion to update Maintain.texi file
     From: "Craig Topham via RT" <address@hidden>
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     Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 16:47:03 -0500
     
     
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     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
     
     
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     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. 
     
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     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. 
     
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     *** Current        2020-01-21 13:18:05.567583119 -0800
     - --- Updated      2020-01-21 13:22:26.100789533 -0800
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     ! 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. 
     
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     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. 
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     Dr Richard Stallman
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     Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org)
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