License file header for a new file

License file header for a new file

[Ardelean, Andrei]

Hi,

I am porting MIPS Linux from Malta to a new platform. I created a new
file gd-memory.c from the original malta-memory.c and I modified the
code to match the new platform. The original malta-memory.c has the
following header:
/*
 * Carsten Langgaard, carstenl@mips.com
 * Copyright (C) 1999,2000 MIPS Technologies, Inc.  All rights reserved.
 *
 *  This program is free software; you can distribute it and/or modify
it
 *  under the terms of the GNU General Public License (Version 2) as
 *  published by the Free Software Foundation.
 *
 *  This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but
WITHOUT
 *  ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
or
 *  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public
License
 *  for more details.
 *
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along
 *  with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
Inc.,
 *  59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston MA 02111-1307, USA.
 *
 * PROM library functions for acquiring/using memory descriptors given
to
 * us from the YAMON.
 */

What should be the correct header for gd-memory.c?

Thanks,
Andrei

License file header for a new file

[Ardelean, Andrei]

Hi,

I am porting MIPS Linux from Malta to a new platform. I created a new
file gd-memory.c from the original malta-memory.c and I modified the
code to match the new platform. The original malta-memory.c has the
following header:
/*
 * Carsten Langgaard, carstenl@mips.com
 * Copyright (C) 1999,2000 MIPS Technologies, Inc.  All rights reserved.
 *
 *  This program is free software; you can distribute it and/or modify
it
 *  under the terms of the GNU General Public License (Version 2) as
 *  published by the Free Software Foundation.
 *
 *  This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but
WITHOUT
 *  ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
or
 *  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public
License
 *  for more details.
 *
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along
 *  with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
Inc.,
 *  59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston MA 02111-1307, USA.
 *
 * PROM library functions for acquiring/using memory descriptors given
to
 * us from the YAMON.
 */

What should be the correct header for gd-memory.c?

Thanks,
Andrei

Re: License file header for a new file

[David Daney]

On 09/28/2010 07:40 AM, Ardelean, Andrei wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am porting MIPS Linux from Malta to a new platform. I created a new
> file gd-memory.c from the original malta-memory.c and I modified the
> code to match the new platform. The original malta-memory.c has the
> following header:
> /*
>   * Carsten Langgaard, carstenl@mips.com
>   * Copyright (C) 1999,2000 MIPS Technologies, Inc.  All rights reserved.
>   *
>   *  This program is free software; you can distribute it and/or modify
> it
>   *  under the terms of the GNU General Public License (Version 2) as
>   *  published by the Free Software Foundation.
>   *
>   *  This program is distributed in the hope it will be useful, but
> WITHOUT
>   *  ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
> or
>   *  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public
> License
>   *  for more details.
>   *
>   *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> along
>   *  with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
> Inc.,
>   *  59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston MA 02111-1307, USA.
>   *
>   * PROM library functions for acquiring/using memory descriptors given
> to
>   * us from the YAMON.
>   */
>
> What should be the correct header for gd-memory.c?
>

If there is code from the original file remaining, you should keep the 
original copyright message

If you made material changes to it, you could *add* your own copyright line.

David Daney