> From: Eduardo Ochs <eduardoo...@gmail.com> > Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2021 01:09:04 -0300 > > I am working on a package that contains a module written in C++ that > loads a Lua interpreter, and that implements a REPL that lets us run > that interpreter interactively from Emacs. It is here: > > https://github.com/edrx/emacs-lua > > At this moment my package is just a poorly-documented prototype, but I > would like to submit it to ELPA when it grows up. > > QUESTION. The code in the module in C++ was written by a guy who sent > it to the Lua mailing list. His message is here: > > http://lua-users.org/lists/lua-l/2021-03/msg00084.html > > Here is my version of his code: > > https://raw.githubusercontent.com/edrx/emacs-lua/main/emlua.cpp > http://angg.twu.net/emacs-lua/emlua.cpp.html > http://angg.twu.net/emacs-lua/emlua.cpp > > When my REPL became functional I sent him an e-mail saying that I > would like to prepare the package to submit it to ELPA in the future, > and asked him what he thought about doing the paperwork thing... and I > told him that if he preferred a paperworkless way that _I guessed_ > that he could just send an e-mail to the Lua mailing list declaring > his code to be in the public domain, but I would have to check that > possibility with people who are more knowledgeable than me - and he > said something equivalent to "wow, yes, great, please check!"... > > So: can we do that? And are there any other licenses that you would > recommend besides public domain?
I think using a PD code may also need some paperwork, some kind of disclaimer? Richard, what are the rules in these cases?
