I don't know that it's confusing (it never was to me) just not convenient...perhaps due to my own ignorance.
I think of any given license as project, not IDE specific. Perhaps I should dig a bit further before commenting. On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 1:00 PM Matthias Bläsing <mblaes...@doppel-helix.eu> wrote: > Hi, > > Am Sonntag, den 31.05.2020, 16:37 +0000 schrieb Kenneth Fogel: > > Please, please, please get rid of this: > > > > /* > > * To change this license header, choose License Headers in Project > Properties. > > * To change this template file, choose Tools | Templates > > * and open the template in the editor. > > */ > > > > My students think its important so refuse to remove it or go to Tools > > | Templates and delete it there. Its really annoying. If you want to > > keep it then put it at the end of the file with the added notation > > Delete Me. > > > > please use speaking subjects. They are not funny and not helpful. I > updated it to a from my POV better summary. > > I don't get your point. License headers are important, the development > ecosystem shifts to opensouce models (hell, even Microsoft admits that) > and in that case clear licensing is a base requirement. > > If your students don't understand what is written there teach them, I > understood you are in teaching, so use the oportunity. Just as teachers > in germany have to consider correct spelling and grammer even in non- > language subjects, you could make it a point by deducing points for > invalid license headers. > > There is even a description how to "fix" the issue, so if that is to > hard, maybe programming is not the right direction for the students? > > The header can't be placed at the end of the file as convention > requires it to be at the top. There are projects out there that > (rightly) refuse to include software without clear license statement. > > Maybe this gives this another perspective. > > Greetings > > Matthias > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@netbeans.apache.org > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > > -- Carl J. Mosca
