Yes its absolutely necessary that every file have a Apache license header - and every project that comes into Apache does that. No, its got to be at file level and not folder.
Lookup RAT plugin - what all projects use to ensure that files have license headers. On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 11:52 AM, Naveen Swamy <[email protected]> wrote: > that is a lot of edits to the source files just to include the > license terms, this will also change the history of the files. Can we add a > license file at a folder level and do this next time we touch the file? > Also Is this absolutely necessary? > > On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 11:28 PM, Henri Yandell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thought I'd describe one of the first sets of changes we should make when > > the code moves to an Apache git repo. > > > > We should update the licensing. > > > > 1) We should update the NOTICE file, once on Apache's source control, to > > say: > > > > Apache MXNet > > Copyright 2017 The Apache Software Foundation > > This product includes software developed at > > The Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/). > > > > 2) Every source file (basically all files bar images, binaries and test > > data) should have a commented source header: > > > > Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one > > or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file > > distributed with this work for additional information > > regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file > > to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the > > "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance > > with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at > > > > http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 > > > > Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, > > software distributed under the License is distributed on an > > "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY > > KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the > > specific language governing permissions and limitations > > under the License. > > > > > > Described on this page: https://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html > > > > --- > > > > Hope that's useful :) > > > > Hen > > >
