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= GNU copyright assignment request form =

== Background ==

Mailman is a [[http://www.gnu.org|GNU]] project with the majority of the copyrights being held by the [[http://www.fsf.org|Free Software Foundation]]. We therefore request that developers who contribute code assign their copyrights in their Mailman contribution to the FSF. To do this, you first need to submit (by email) a request form (see below) containing some basic information, and then fill out the form that the FSF sends you. Please [[mailto:mailman-cabal%40python.org?subject=copyright%20assignment&body=I%20have%20submitted%20a%20copyright%20assignment%20form%20to%20the%20FSF|let us know]] after you've sent the second form so that we can track your contribution. The FSF often doesn't tell us in a timely manner when such forms have been received.

== Request form ==

Please email the following information to [[mailto:fsf-records@gnu.org?subject=Mailman%20copyright%20assignment&cc=mailman-cabal@python.org&body=%5bWhat%20is%20the%20name%20of%20the%20program%20or%20package%20you%20are%20contributing%20to%3f%5d%0aMailman%0a%0a%5bDid%20you%20copy%20any%20files%20or%20text%20written%20by%20someone%20else%20in%20these%20changes%3f%0aEven%20if%20that%20material%20is%20free%20software%2c%20we%20need%20to%20know%20about%20it.%5d%0a%0a%0a%5bDo%20you%20have%20an%20employer%20who%20might%20have%20a%20basis%20to%20claim%20to%20own%0ayour%20changes%3f%20%20Do%20you%20attend%20a%20school%20which%20might%20make%20such%20a%20claim%3f%5d%0a%0a%0a%5bFor%20the%20copyright%20registration%2c%20what%20country%20are%20you%20a%20citizen%20of%3f%5d%0a%0a%0a%5bWhat%20year%20were%20you%20born%3f%5d%0a%0a%0a%5bPlease%20write%20your%20email%20address%20here.%5d%0a%0a%5bPlease%20write%20your%20snail%20address%20here.%5d%0a%0a%0a%0a%0a%0a%5bWhich%20files%20have%20you%20changed%20so%20far%2c%20and%20which%20new%20files%20have%20you%20written%0aso%20far%3f%5d%0a|fsf-records@gnu.org]] '''and [[mailto:mailman-cabal@python.org|CC us]]''', and we will send you the assignment form for your past and future changes. Please use your full name as the subject line of the message.

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[What is the name of the program or package you're contributing to?]


[Did you copy any files or text written by someone else in these changes?
Even if that material is free software, we need to know about it.]


[Do you have an employer who might have a basis to claim to own
your changes?  Do you attend a school which might make such a claim?]


[For the copyright registration, what country are you a citizen of?]


[What year were you born?]


[Please write your email address here.]

[Please write your snail address here.]





[Which files have you changed so far, and which new files have you written
so far?]


}}}