[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH 04/10 v2] [ARM] TQMA31: add new board with i.MX31 processor

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Wed Jul 9 08:50:36 CEST 2008


In message <Pine.LNX.4.64.0807090129450.30894 at axis700.grange> you wrote:
> 
> > Yes, of course you do. If you copy code, you *must* honour existing
> > copyrights and have not any right to remove these.
> 
> hm, starting from how many lines of code? Copy-paste is one of the main 
> programming technics, as we all know:-) If you copy one line, you don't 
> have to transfer all copyrights over, do you?

I don't know of any "official" rules, but anything above the 5...10
lines limit should be properly attributed.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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