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Your answer was helpful although it is not clear to me how I will add my copyright notice to modified code. I will probably include it in the Javadoc of my functions but I cannot and it does not worth to document every line I changed.

kon psych
– kon psych

2012-12-04 14:49:14 +00:00
Commented Dec 4, 2012 at 14:49
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It's not clear to me either! Most people would not bother to document every line they changed. I suppose if it ever came down to a legal issue you would just diff the other project with your project.

sourcenouveau
– sourcenouveau

2012-12-04 17:08:29 +00:00
Commented Dec 4, 2012 at 17:08

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