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I want to use some code from another GPL project in my own (which is also GPL).
I want to use about 15 lines almost as they are (seems no better way to do it then it is there).
I was wondering where to credit the original author (problem is there are 3 listed in the C++ file I am copying from, no idea which one wrote this bit of code). Should I put it a the top, or in a comment just around the bits I copied?
Put it in the header of the cpp file that uses the code and in the documentation of your program.
I sometimes wonder how much code you have to copy before you are obligated to give credit.
In other words / similarly: where's the line between using techniques you have learned from other peoples code and copying other peoples code?
Anything, I guess.Quote:
Originally Posted by Michiel
Really? So if I just copy the word "if", I have to give credit?
Ok, ok. If I copy a swap(a, b) function?
What if I learn someone elses sorting algorithm by heart and then type it in myself, changing the variable-names?
And what if I very carefully read someones entire program, get to understand the principles behind it and start from scratch using what I've learned?
I just think about that stuff sometimes.