Hello! On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 03:28:48PM +0200, Carl Fredrik Hammar wrote: > I'm copying over some files from libstore to use as a base for > libchannel, I'm rewriting part of them and I'm not sure how to treat > the copyright notices, i.e. which parts to keep. > > For instance the copyright notice in libstore/store.h is: > > Store I/O > > Copyright (C) 1995,96,97,98,99,2001,02,04,05 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > Written by Miles Bader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > This file is part of the GNU Hurd. > > <rest of licence> > > Which I changed to the following in libchannel/channel.h: > > Channel I/O > > Copyright (C) 1995,96,97,98,99,2001,02,04,05,07 Free Software Foundation, > Inc. > Written by Carl Fredrik Hammar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > This file is part of the GNU Hurd. > > <rest of licence> > > Would this be appropriate, or should I reset the copyright years? > Should I keep Miles Bader as an author?
If you really copy a file you also keep the original file's copyright status. Then you could add something like ``Reworked for libchannel by...'' after the ``Written by...'' line. > Should I break the overly long copyright line? Yes. See `[Hurd]/fatfs/inode.c' for an example how I have done it. Regards, Thomas
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature
_______________________________________________ Bug-hurd mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-hurd
