Re: [PATCH 1/1 Web] Add microkernel/mach/mig/documentation/mig-mutate page

[Zhaoming Luo]

On 12/12/24 5:04 PM, Sergey Bugaev wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 11, 2024 at 11:58 PM Samuel Thibault
> <samuel.thibault@gnu.org> wrote:
> > jbranso@dismail.de, le mer. 11 déc. 2024 20:46:54 +0000, a ecrit:
> > > Sergey, are you ok with "assigning copyright" to the FSF for this document?
> >
> > Sergey has already assigned copyright for all past&future hurd
> > contributions.
>
> Uh. I assumed that was about actual explicit contributions, i.e. patch
> contents and suchlike, but not the text of my emails. In this case
> it's fine, since Zhaoming had explicitly asked and I said I don't
> mind, but generally I wouldn't assume peoples' emails are licensed
> under GFDL 1.2+ and copyright-assigned to FSF.
>
> And furthermore, I must admit I'm typically unhappy when a certain
> somebody ;) just takes my emails and Ctrl-C's + Ctrl-V's (well, M-w's
> + C-y's likely) text into QotH or wiki pages, only lightly edited
> (e.g. s/me/Sergey/g). Not because of licensing or copyright, but just
> because the way I write emails is tailored to that medium (and to the
> specific discussion / email thread); I would have written things
> differently if I was writing a wiki page or a news item, so it sounds
> "off" to me.
Please excuse me. You remind me of that the style of a wiki article is 
quite different to some other mediums (email in this case). I just 
reread the wiki page and realised it is worth to be improved.
> This is why I ask y'all to either re-formulate the facts
> you got from me in your own words, or quote me directly (e.g. "in his
> email (link goes here), Sergey writes: blah blah blah"). Again, this
> _has_ been handled appropriately in this case, so no complaints here.
No complaint here then I won't ask Samuel to remove that commit, but I 
will improve that wiki page soon.
> Hope that didn't sound overly negative :)
That's a useful response. It's very kind of you.

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Zhaoming Luo