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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