Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote: > On Tue, 8 Jul 2008, Jens Gehrlein wrote: > >> diff --git a/board/tqc/tqma31/Makefile b/board/tqc/tqma31/Makefile >> new file mode 100644 >> index 0000000..f7e17c8 >> --- /dev/null >> +++ b/board/tqc/tqma31/Makefile >> @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ >> +# >> +# Copyright (C) 2008, Guennadi Liakhovetski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> +# Copyright (C) 2008, Jens Gehrlein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Thanks for the credit, but, although IANAL, I think, one does not _have_ > to preserve the copyright of the original file when it gets copied to a > new one. Otherwise most open-source files would have a veeeery long list > of Copyrights:-) Am I right? > > Thanks > Guennadi
IANAL, but I play one on Groklaw sometimes, much to PJ's chagrin. ;-) This is a squishy area. It is dependent on what of the original work survives the modification and whether the surviving pieces are copyrightable. It also depends on what country you are contemplating suing in. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limitations_and_exceptions_to_copyright> Things that must be done in certain ways are not copyrightable, so Makefiles are pretty marginal to start with IMHO. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threshold_of_originality> My opinion is to leave the original copyright notice in there and err on the side of preserving reasonable copyright notices. The lawyers will be happy to tell us that we did it wrong if it ever came to a lawsuit, and I would prefer that they tell us that we had a useless copyright notice in the file rather than tell us that we should have had a notice but didn't... Best regards, gvb ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Community Choice Awards: VOTE NOW! Studies have shown that voting for your favorite open source project, along with a healthy diet, reduces your potential for chronic lameness and boredom. Vote Now at http://www.sourceforge.net/community/cca08 _______________________________________________ U-Boot-Users mailing list U-Boot-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/u-boot-users
