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John · 10-19-2002, 05:08 AM

IMO you can change the name with only a tiny bit of a change. AS LONG as you keep the liscence that the codebase came with, and you probably SHOULD still give credit to the codebase.

When you should be able to stop giving credit to the original codebase is once it's 100% different. The advantage to not changing the codebase name is people know what to expect with the codebase and it helps them, so IMO there's nothing wrong with not changing the name once there isn't a shread of original code left. AFAIC (As Far As I'm Concerened) you should give credit to the original codebase until there isn't a single bit of code left.

That's all my 2 cents.

Note: I don't know if any of what I said is illegal.

10-19-2002, 05:08 AM	#2
John Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 252	IMO you can change the name with only a tiny bit of a change. AS LONG as you keep the liscence that the codebase came with, and you probably SHOULD still give credit to the codebase. When you should be able to stop giving credit to the original codebase is once it's 100% different. The advantage to not changing the codebase name is people know what to expect with the codebase and it helps them, so IMO there's nothing wrong with not changing the name once there isn't a shread of original code left. AFAIC (As Far As I'm Concerened) you should give credit to the original codebase until there isn't a single bit of code left. That's all my 2 cents. Note: I don't know if any of what I said is illegal.