[dsdp-tm-dev] Re: Is it ok to copy some private method from eclipse unit

[Xuan Chen <xuanchen@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Martin,

Thanks for the information.

Thanks,

Xuan Chen,  Problem Determination Tools for iSeries
(905) 413-3769 T/L 969-3769
xuanchen@xxxxxxxxxx

Martin Oberhuber <martin.oberhuber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

08/01/2007 12:29 PM

To	Xuan Chen/Toronto/IBM@IBMCA
cc	Target Management developer discussions <dsdp-tm-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject	Re: Is it ok to copy some private method from eclipse unit test plugins?

Hi Xuan,

as we are licensing the new unit tests under EPL, it is perfectly OK to
copy & paste any other code that is also licensed under EPL. Since
everything in all Eclipse Projects is EPL, you can just go and take the
code.

Please do remember, though, that the original author still has the 
rights on the code and just licenses it to us. Therefore, we need to do
a minimal bit of record keeping: In the comments of your file, you 
should mention where you took the code from.

As an example of how I've done that record keeping when copying EPL 
stuff from somewhere else, see
   ISshConstants.java  (assembled parts of a class)
   KeyboardInteractiveDialog.java  (took a whole class and copied
it)
   SshConnectorService#createSession()  (took a few methods from
another 
class)
       Note how this is documented with the 2 methods as
well as the 
copyright header

Note how I took the original copyright comment (C) IBM 2000,2007 and 
added my line at the end
("copied and adapted from team.cvs.ui")

Cheers
Martin

Xuan Chen schrieb:
>
> Hi Martin,
>
> Just a quick question.  I took a look at the testcases you refer
me 
> to, and found some of the helper functions are useful when I create
my 
> own test source files/folders.  Just wondering if it is ok that
I 
> copy/paste some of those methods into my own testcases?
>
> The classes I am interested in is:
> org.eclipse.core.tests.internal.localstore.LocalStoreTest
> org.eclipse.core.tests._harness_.CoreTest
> org.eclipse.core.tests.filesystem.FileStoreTest
>
> Thanks,
>
> Xuan Chen,  Problem Determination Tools for iSeries
> (905) 413-3769 T/L 969-3769
> xuanchen@xxxxxxxxxx
>


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Martin Oberhuber
Wind River Systems, Inc.
Target Management Project Lead, DSDP PMC Member
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