Re: Borrowed code- how to give credit
| From: | Ryan A | Date: | Wed, 23 Mar 2005 23:56:39 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Borrowed code- how to give credit | ||
| Groups: | php.general | ||
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Well, if your code is open source or you are distributing the code add a
comment right on top of the file like this
/*
This line's : code here
original author was, and I am very greatful to this person for writing this
beautiful piece of code that i am useing
*/
maybe? :-)
Cheers,
Ryan
On 3/22/2005 9:47:36 PM, ceo@l-i-e.com wrote:
> On Tue, March 22, 2005 4:54 pm, C Drozdowski said:
>
> > I used a single line of code (ver batim) from a pear class in my own
>
> > code. I try to always be honest and not steal code but this single line
>
> > does exactly what I need. The code is for a NPO website and will never
>
> > be sold or anything like that.
>
> >
>
> > How should I give credit for the line of code in my own code?
>
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