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[Hieu Dang Duy <hieu.hispvietnam@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear all,

We are mixing two related but not the same issues.
>
>
To avoid the mixing of copyright issue that why I thought I should have the
question as a above one.


> I don't think the case you describe is necessarily related to copyright.  I
> think we are assuming that you have the right to do what you need to do and
> it seems your question is more one of  attribution.  If you are copying a
> class over which you have not been granted licence that is a different
> issue.
>
>
Bob, thanks for your advice! I think we should not worry about the granted
licence here because the example above file as ABC.java, which is a
presenting file, was created by my colleagues. And then I just copied or
make a clone of it to modify the new one it as my way.

I thought all of you would have a question for me is that "Why have you to
do that ?"
It is very simple to answer this question. Because I have a reason for
explanation with follow:

I did not extend the original file to inherit its properties or methods
because the original file can not resolve absolutely my problem as same as
the cloned one - which has been modified following my way - though they are
the same of structure and meaning.
*
*We could understand and image like the way of somehow saying about "*The
FORM was not changed but The CONTENT should have changed*".

I think Lars' suggestion is absolutely the correct one.  If you want to use
> the class with its content absolutely unmodified then the preamble (the
> @author and @version tags) should be left as it is.  Otherwise extending the
> class is almost always the best solution.  If you feel yourself doing much
> copying and pasting you should start to feel a little voice in your head
> saying that you are probably doing the wrong thing.
>
>
So, I am still not clearly understand about the *@author* and
*@version*tags in this case.
Whose name should I set to *@author* tag is my full name or the holder's
name ? And how about the *@version* tag ?*
*


> Regards
> Bob
>
> 2009/10/5 Brajesh Murari <brajesh2murari@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>>
>> I have just got a mall question about the issue of Copyright
>>>
>>> If someone created a class *ABC.java* and then I copied it to another
>>> one (*MYCLASS.java*) after that modifying anything without changing the
>>> structure and meaning of the original file.
>>>
>>> So, what should I do with in the copyright line ?
>>>
>>> *For example*:
>>>
>>> */**
>>>  * @author <SOMEONE NOT ME>
>>>  * @version $Id: ABC.java 2009-09-18 17:20:00Z hieuduy$
>>>  */
>>> public abstract class MYCLASS
>>>     implements Action
>>> {..........................}
>>> *
>>>
>>> Is it right, Lars ? Or I *must change like this:
>>>
>>> /**
>>>  * @author Dang Duy Hieu
>>>  * @version $Id: ABC.java 2009-09-18 17:20:00Z someone$
>>>  */
>>> public abstract class MYCLASS
>>>     implements Action
>>> {..........................}
>>>
>>>
>>> *Thank you so much !*
>>> *--
>>> Hieu.HISPVietnam
>>> Good Health !
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> I think it will be a better solution and good design pattern approach to
>> use OOPS concept ie. Inheritance, specially if we make a subclass
>> MYCLASS.java of class ABC.java rather then copying every thing from to
>> ABC.java to MYCLASS.java. And this way we can handle copyright issue like
>> this ...
>>
>> /**
>>  * @author Dang Duy Hieu
>>  * @version $Id: ABC.java 2009-09-18 17:20:00Z someone$
>>  */
>> public abstract class MYCLASS extends ABC
>>     implements Action
>> {..........................}
>>
>>
>> This is one way to solve the issue but if ABC.java is final then .....no
>> body can extend class ABC.java
>>
>> --
>> Brajesh
>>
>>
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*Thanks to all guys !*

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Hieu.HISPVietnam
Good Health !