[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] indeo3: add @file and a link to multimedia wiki documentation

[Stefano Sabatini]

On date Wednesday 2011-05-18 12:38:07 +0200, Michael Niedermayer encoded:
> On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 10:37:35AM +0200, Stefano Sabatini wrote:
> > On date Wednesday 2011-05-18 07:50:37 +0200, Reimar Döffinger encoded:
> > > On 17 May 2011, at 22:30, Stefano Sabatini <stefano.sabatini-lala at poste.it> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > ---
> > > > libavcodec/indeo3.c |   12 ++++++++++--
> > > > 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/libavcodec/indeo3.c b/libavcodec/indeo3.c
> > > > index 588a5b4..c7ca61d 100644
> > > > --- a/libavcodec/indeo3.c
> > > > +++ b/libavcodec/indeo3.c
> > > > @@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
> > > > /*
> > > > - * Intel Indeo 3 (IV31, IV32, etc.) video decoder for ffmpeg
> > > > - * written, produced, and directed by Alan Smithee
> > > > + * Copyright (c) 2003 Alan Smithee
> > > 
> > > I have some doubts that a copyright statement with a fictional person has much meaning.
> > 
> > The only information I could find about Alan Smithee is here:
> > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.ffmpeg.devel/2921/
> > 
> > I suppose it may be real or may be a pseudonym, anyway I removed the
> > name from the copyright and will leave the funny reference to him in
> > the doxy, feel free to complain on cvs-log.
> 
> I think we shouldnt mess with copyright statements, but IANAL

But note that that doesn't look like a copyright notice, looks more
like a file description and credit.

> thats also why my reply was just under the remaining hunks (i dont
> feel qualified to approve such changes)

CC-ing Mike.
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