[U-Boot-Users] several messages

Guennadi Liakhovetski lg at denx.de
Fri Aug 1 15:30:09 CEST 2008


On Fri, 1 Aug 2008, Wolfgang Denk wrote:

> In message <Pine.LNX.4.64.0808011231520.14927 at axis700.grange> you wrote:
> > 
> > > > + * (C) Copyright 2006 DENX Software Engineering
> > > 
> > > Please add your name here.
> > 
> > I will add my copyright in a couple of files, but I would rather not add 
> > it to Makefiles. Below I quote an earlier post on this list (funnily, I 
> 
> Note that in the case you quoted my request was that you  add  *your*
> name,  not  only  that  of  our company. This is Free Software, and I
> consider you the copyright owner. I  am  aware  that  in  many  other
> companies  you  have  to  sign  contracts that all such rights belong
> exclusively to the company, but DENX doesn't do that.

You mean insert my name in that line? But I haven't had anything to do 
with this file in 2006:-) This is an old line from Samsung sources. I 
thought your request above was the same as this one:

On Thu, 31 Jul 2008, Wolfgang Denk wrote:

> > diff --git a/board/samsung/smdk6400/Makefile b/board/samsung/smdk6400/Makefile
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000..1200e45
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/board/samsung/smdk6400/Makefile
> > @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
> > +#
> > +# (C) Copyright 2000, 2001, 2002
> > +# Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd at denx.de.
> 
> Who contributed more to this Makefile - you or me?

and you wanted me to _add_ my copyright to existing ones. And that is what 
I wasn't specifically keen on in case of Makefiles:-)

Thanks
Guennadi
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Guennadi Liakhovetski, Ph.D.

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