On Mon, 2011-04-04 at 21:01 +0530, Sandeep Pillai wrote:
Also can the disclaimer statement that "THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY XYZ" be edited to include the new contributor/contributors name.
Does making changes to Copyright or Disclaimer break the license,
looks like BSD license. you can add your info to the original as - modified by you, your additions copyright to you. Actually most BSD licenses normally do not pollute the code - it is enough to put the license in a separate file in the root of the project. There is usually a credits file and an authors file where additional copyright and credit info is given. Otherwise the licensing details will soon spread over several pages and you will have to do a lot of scrolling to even find the code.