gedmurphy wrote:
Let's say you implement a function in our win32k, based on Wine code. How exactly would you realistically discover which Wine dev wrote that function, and if the function was merely _based_ on wine code, which parts of the function would you attribute credit to, and how would you do it?
I think if the dev is not known, then all authors should be credited. I.e.: "Parts of this file are Copyright (C) ... ". Or: to gather the original Wine copiright notices into a separate file and put a pointer to it in any file which is based on Wine.
This is already done, most files which have Wine code are labeled so atop of the file ("Some parts are taken from Wine project..."). What I see is that Dmitry Timoshkov says this is not enough.
On Nov 19, 2008, at 4:40 PM, Dmitry Gorbachev wrote:
gedmurphy wrote:
Let's say you implement a function in our win32k, based on Wine code. How exactly would you realistically discover which Wine dev wrote that function, and if the function was merely _based_ on wine code, which parts of the function would you attribute credit to, and how would you do it?
I think if the dev is not known, then all authors should be credited. I.e.: "Parts of this file are Copyright (C) ... ". Or: to gather the original Wine copiright notices into a separate file and put a pointer to it in any file which is based on Wine.
Hi, Okay let me translate what Dmitry Timoshkov is really saying, "stop copying wine code".
Which means, stop copying all wine code. We should also translate that as meaning revert all wine code from ReactOS. Reading the email I see "Dmitry Timoshkov <dmitry at codeweavers.com>" so now we must assume these are also the opinions of codeweevils.com as well.
I just wanted to make sure this was understood, James
8^)
On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 8:17 AM, Aleksey Bragin aleksey@reactos.org wrote:
This is already done, most files which have Wine code are labeled so atop of the file ("Some parts are taken from Wine project..."). What I see is that Dmitry Timoshkov says this is not enough.
On Nov 19, 2008, at 4:40 PM, Dmitry Gorbachev wrote:
gedmurphy wrote:
Let's say you implement a function in our win32k, based on Wine code. How exactly would you realistically discover which Wine dev wrote that function, and if the function was merely _based_ on wine code, which parts of the function would you attribute credit to, and how would you do it?
I think if the dev is not known, then all authors should be credited. I.e.: "Parts of this file are Copyright (C) ... ". Or: to gather the original Wine copiright notices into a separate file and put a pointer to it in any file which is based on Wine.
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