On Fri, 21 Nov 2003, Alex Deucher wrote:

> --- Jonathan Hough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > One specific question - I've based my driver on the Wacom driver, but
> > there have been numerous changes (it wouldn't work with the Wacom
> > tablet now). Should I change the copyright statement to my own name,
> > with credit to the authors of the Wacom driver, or leave it as it is
> > and add myself as a co-author?

> It's generally accepted practice to put put your name on the copyright
> even if you based the code on another driver since you were the one to
> put it together and get it working for your hardware.

something like that.  The attribution should be a separate entry (e.g.,
line or paragraph) to avoid confusing it with the original one.

-- 
Thomas E. Dickey
http://invisible-island.net
ftp://invisible-island.net
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