Re: [coreboot] [PATCH]RCA RM4100 and Thomson IP1000 auto.c rework

[Carl-Daniel Hailfinger]

On 29.01.2010 19:46, Joseph Smith wrote:
> This is a rework patch for the RCA RM4100 and Thomson IP1000.
> Index: src/mainboard/thomson/ip1000/auto.c
> ===================================================================
> --- src/mainboard/thomson/ip1000/auto.c	(revision 5063)
> +++ src/mainboard/thomson/ip1000/auto.c	(working copy)
> @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
>  /*
> This file is part of the coreboot project.
> Copyright (C) 2008 Joseph Smith
> Copyright (C) 2010 Joseph Smith
> This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

IANAL, but I think that legal requirements say you should never remove
old copyright entries unless all of the code has been replaced. In this
case, one of the following lines would probably be appropriate:

Copyright (C) 2008,2010 Joseph Smith 
Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Joseph Smith

Regards,
Carl-Daniel