[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 1/4] network.h: Fix copyright violation and author misattribution

Michael Niedermayer michaelni at gmx.at
Fri Jun 29 20:28:41 CEST 2012


On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 06:10:16PM +0000, Paul B Mahol wrote:
> On 6/29/12, Michael Niedermayer <michaelni at gmx.at> wrote:
> > The problem was introduced by:
> > 	commit 2912e87a6c9264d556734e2bf94a99c64cf9b102
> > 	Author: Mans Rullgard <mans at mansr.com>
> > 	Date:   Fri Mar 18 17:35:10 2011 +0000
> >
> > 	    Replace FFmpeg with Libav in licence headers
> >
> > 	    Signed-off-by: Mans Rullgard <mans at mansr.com>
> >
> 
> That commit did not introduced Libav.
> 
> Correct commit is f6d371009678e46877e6f81ab0eae475d41b1f57:
> 
> avformat: Split out functions from network.h to a new file, network.c

hmm, its both commits
the first modified the Copyright of network.h
the second splited code and wrong copyright into network.c
I will correct the commit message accordingly

commit 2912e87a6c9264d556734e2bf94a99c64cf9b102
Author: Mans Rullgard <mans at mansr.com>
Date:   Fri Mar 18 17:35:10 2011 +0000

    Replace FFmpeg with Libav in licence headers

    Signed-off-by: Mans Rullgard <mans at mansr.com>

diff --git a/libavformat/network.h b/libavformat/network.h
index 58a8e80..27bebb3 100644
--- a/libavformat/network.h
+++ b/libavformat/network.h
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2007 The FFmpeg Project
+ * Copyright (c) 2007 The Libav Project
  *
- * This file is part of FFmpeg.
+ * This file is part of Libav.
  *
- * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * Libav is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
  * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
  * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
- * FFmpeg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * Libav is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
  * Lesser General Public License for more details.
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * License along with Libav; if not, write to the Free Software
  * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
  */





> 
> > Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer <michaelni at gmx.at>
> > ---
> >  libavformat/network.c |    2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/libavformat/network.c b/libavformat/network.c
> > index 6b4cb57..d434799 100644
> > --- a/libavformat/network.c
> > +++ b/libavformat/network.c
> > @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
> >  /*
> > - * Copyright (c) 2007 The Libav Project
> > + * Copyright (c) 2007 The FFmpeg Project
> >   *
> >   * This file is part of Libav.
> 
> Please change every "Libav" with "FFmpeg".

ok

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