Hi Vladislav,

[email protected] wrote:
> Hello Wolfgang,
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wolfgang Grandegger [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 12:45 PM
> To: Gribov, Vladislav
> Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] mscan: fix TX message handling to ensure proper
> message ordering
> 
>> OK, in an official version we should handle the return values properly
>> and as these programs are really useful for checking TX messages going
>> out in order, I would like to add them the the can-utils. Would be
> nice
>> if you could re-send them with a proper copyright note.
> 
> 
> The write error handling is still not optimal, but at least not
> completely wrong. 
> I am sure, you or someone from the list may fix it for better if
> required.
> 
> I am not quite fit with the GPL license stuff, hope the copyright note
> is OK.
> 
> One of the Pengutronix CAN utils was used as a template. Guys, how do I
> refer that?

This depends somehow on the amount and relevance of the code taken. If
it's a so called derived work, you must keep the copyright, at least.
Often people add "derived from ..." or "based on ..." to make clear what
file served as example. That's my understanding.

Wolfgang.
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