#116 Issue closed: Improve GPL header where possible¶

Labels: cleanup

dagwieers opened issue at 2012-06-21 15:26:¶

Currently, some files still have a large GPL header at the top. But most files do not have a GPL header at all. We should probably look at what the GNU project is recommending for this. I think a single line is sufficient for files and the complete GPL license in the root of the project should be sufficient.

gdha commented at 2013-12-18 14:17:¶

@dagwieers http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/maintain.html#License-Notices-for-Code
@rear/owners seems according GPL we should add some minimal lines to all our scripts...

schlomo commented at 2013-12-18 14:29:¶

Yes, that might be correct. But I find it overly tedious to put the boiler
plate everywhere and I would prefer a simpler one-liner boilerplate like

This file is part of Relax and Recover, licensed under the GNU General
Public License. Refer to the included LICENSE for full text of license.

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@rear/owners seems according GPL we should add some minimal lines to all
our scripts...

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gdha commented at 2014-10-23 07:35:¶

Propose when we edit a script we add/rewrite the GPL line - will not do in mass.

schlomo commented at 2014-10-23 08:39:¶

Sounds good to me. Let's add the "official" GPL line to use somewhere in
our dev docs.

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Propose when we edit a script we add/rewrite the GPL line - will not do in
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gdha commented at 2015-09-23 11:37:¶

we are doing our best, but is not an issue as such - close it

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