Add license info to all files

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Each file loaded to the repository should include a file header that
indicates the copyright owner and what license applies.

The attached file shows an example of GPL licensing in a different
open-source project.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by Tim.Henigan on 24 Jan 2008 at 3:36

Attachments:

• Utils.pm
• LICENSE

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Did you decide which license is being used yet?

Original comment by Tim.Henigan on 24 Jan 2008 at 3:46

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The project is under GPL V3.  This is stated on the home page for the project.

Original comment by matt.van...@gmail.com on 24 Jan 2008 at 4:22

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Now, if you mention the license and you provide a link or address at which to 
obtain
the license, do you need to paraphrase the license in each product header?

Also, what is the stuff at the bottom of this Perl script? (below the functions)

Original comment by Daniel.S...@gmail.com on 24 Jan 2008 at 1:26

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Also - do you 'own' this issue Tim? If not, you should change the Status from
'Accepted' to 'New'. As per the status descriptions, if an issue is 'new' it's
basically up for grabs until it becomes 'Accepted'.

Original comment by Daniel.S...@gmail.com on 24 Jan 2008 at 1:27

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The stuff at the bottom of the perl script is POD (perl documentation markup.  
Its 
kind of like Doxygen for perl.  Been around forever and is part of the standard 
distribution.

Original comment by Tim.Henigan on 24 Jan 2008 at 1:53

• Changed state: New

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From "How to use the GNU licenses for your own software"
http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl-howto.html

"Whichever license you plan to use, the process involves adding two elements to 
each 
source file of your program: a copyright notice (such as “Copyright 1999 
Terry 
Jones”), and a statement of copying permission, saying that the program is 
distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (or the Lesser 
GPL).
The copyright notice should include the year in which you finished preparing 
the 
release (so if you finished it in 1998 but didn't post it until 1999, use 
1998). You 
should add the proper year for each release: for example, "Copyright 1998, 1999 
Terry Jones" if some versions were finished in 1998 and some were finished in 
1999. 
If several people have helped write the code, use all their names.

Always use the English word “Copyright”; by international convention, this 
is used 
worldwide, even for material in other languages. The copyright symbol “©” 
can be 
included if you wish (and your character set supports it), but it's not 
necessary. 
There is no legal significance to using the three-character sequence “(C)”, 
although 
it does no harm.

You should also include a copy of the license itself somewhere in the 
distribution 
of your program. All programs, whether they are released under the GPL or LGPL, 
should include the text version of the GPL. In GNU programs the license is 
usually 
in a file called COPYING."

Original comment by Tim.Henigan on 24 Jan 2008 at 1:54

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I can work on this, but it should wait until you finish the work you are doing 
on 
the branch.

Part of this task should be the creation of a standard file header for 
inclusion in 
the style guidelines.

Original comment by Tim.Henigan on 24 Jan 2008 at 2:16

• Changed state: Assigned

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License information was added to all files currently in the project. A standard 
GPL
v3 licensing phrase was added to cover the entire Fin-ally project. In the file
header, everything below 'Version History' should be copied to new file headers.

This issue will move to Pending once the fileCheck branch is merged back to the 
trunk.

Original comment by Daniel.S...@gmail.com on 26 Jan 2008 at 9:13

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The license files should really be placed at the root of the project and named 
LICENSE.txt or COPYING.txt.

Other than that, is there are reason this one is still open?

Original comment by Tim.Henigan on 20 Jul 2010 at 1:37

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negative - license files can be moved and this can be closed!

Original comment by Daniel.S...@gmail.com on 20 Jul 2010 at 1:50

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done

The license file is now at $ROOT/LICENSE.txt

Original comment by Tim.Henigan on 20 Jul 2010 at 1:57

• Changed state: Closed