[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] ALAC 24 bps support

[Kostya]

On Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 04:24:10PM +0000, Carl Eugen Hoyos wrote:
> Jai Menon <jmenon86 <at> gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 4:22 PM, Carl Eugen Hoyos <cehoyos <at> ag.or.at> wrote:
> > > Jai Menon <jmenon86 <at> gmail.com> writes:
> > >
> > >> As in subject. This is based on David Hammerton's work.
> > >
> > > So (without looking at the code) shouldn't you add his copyright line to the
> > > file?
> > 
> > Why? The code is mine. Maybe i could add my copyright instead ;)
> 
> So could somebody with a better understanding of the English language explain to
> me the difference between "based on" and "derived from"?
> Especially covering why one is (obviously) weaker than the other.