Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 09:44:21 +0200 (MET DST) From: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> To: sheldonh@uunet.co.za (Sheldon Hearn) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Giving credit: my reference or the original? Message-ID: <199905210744.JAA00822@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> In-Reply-To: <39260.927281248@axl.noc.iafrica.com> from "Sheldon Hearn" at May 21, 99 12:07:09 pm
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> Hi folks, > > When giving credit where it's due in my code, should I mention the > code that I looked at, or the code on which _that_ was based? > > Put graphically: > > pkgA written by personA > > pkgB written by personB bits stolen from pkgA by personA a couple of parentheses above ------^ wouldn't harm... > > I am writing > pkgC written by personC (me) bits stolen from ? it all depends where you stole the bits from :) cheers luigi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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