From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from metis.ext.pengutronix.de ([2001:6f8:1178:4:290:27ff:fe1d:cc33]) by canuck.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.72 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1P3l3t-0003LZ-6c for barebox@lists.infradead.org; Thu, 07 Oct 2010 07:38:46 +0000 Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 09:38:42 +0200 From: Uwe =?iso-8859-1?Q?Kleine-K=F6nig?= Message-ID: <20101007073842.GP29673@pengutronix.de> References: <20101005135213.24F871539A0@gemini.denx.de> <20101006072749.GR28242@pengutronix.de> <20101006135644.8D7051539A0@gemini.denx.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20101006135644.8D7051539A0@gemini.denx.de> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: barebox-bounces@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: barebox-bounces+u.kleine-koenig=pengutronix.de@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: Code "borrowed" without attribution to original authors To: Wolfgang Denk Cc: barebox@lists.infradead.org Hello Wolfgang, On Wed, Oct 06, 2010 at 03:56:44PM +0200, Wolfgang Denk wrote: > From the commits as they are now, most uninformed readers would > assume that the code was written by Jean-Christophe, which is not > correct. I really wonder why you care about the commit log. I would care more about the copyright statements in the code. (Nevertheless I consider it correct and fair to attribute in the commit log where the code is taken from.) I don't know if you want to make it easier for people to get the annotations right/better when copying from U-Boot or not. But if you do, you could change your standard copyright header to include the project's name. Something like: /* * (C) Copyright bla blub * * This file is part of das U-Boot, a versatile boot loader for * many platforms. U-Boot is free software ... * ... */ This doesn't help for the commit logs though. > As I wrote before in my message to JC, I consider this an accident, > i. e. rather ignorance than intention. However, I would be seriously > disappointed if such things should happen again. I don't speak for barebox in general or Sascha or Pengutronix or Jean-Christophe, but I think you cannot expect this to happen never ever again. I think the best you can achieve here is that the barebox contributers get more aware of these issues and try to get it done better in the future. (Note, there is no offence intended in the whole mail.) Best regards Uwe -- = Pengutronix e.K. | Uwe Kleine-K=F6nig | Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox