Mark Hindess wrote: > On 17 July 2006 at 9:35, Geir Magnusson Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> --- incubator/harmony/enhanced/classlib/trunk/modules/text/src/main/java/ja >> va/text/AttributedString.java (original) >>> +++ incubator/harmony/enhanced/classlib/trunk/modules/text/src/main/java/ja >> va/text/AttributedString.java Sun Jul 16 12:10:14 2006 >>> @@ -1,26 +1,29 @@ >>> -/* Copyright 1998, 2006 The Apache Software Foundation or its licensors, a >> s applicable >>> +/* >>> + * Copyright 1998, 2006 The Apache Software Foundation or its licensors, a >> s >>> + * applicable >>> * >>> - * Licensed 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 >>> + * Licensed 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 c >> opy of >>> + * the License at >>> * >>> - * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 >>> + * 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. >>> + * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHO >> UT >>> + * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See th >> e >>> + * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations >> under >>> + * the License. >> >> Can we avoid doing this? It makes no material difference, but >> conforming to the format and line breaks suggested by the appendix to >> the license itself >> >> http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 >> >> means that it always looks the same, and therefore people don't feel the >> need to read it, which I did when I saw that you were changing it... >> >> geir > > I'm guilty of this too. At least when I've added years to the first > line I've wrapped it before 80 characters. This line will often be > different (since the year, in classlib, and/or the name of copyright > owner, in general, can be different) so I don't really see how the > "looks the same" will ever apply. Can I wrap this line?
Sure. That is dynamic. The rest of the stuff is the same. Like I said, it's not critical, but if it always has the same "shape", then people don't needlessly need to read it. > > (I seem to remember Cliff saying that there were plans to remove the > requirement that each file needed the boilerplate license. The FAQ > still says it should be there though.) Yes, the plans are in the works. (they were in the works last year too, I think.) I expect it to happen Real Soon Now, but until then... geir > > Regards, > Mark. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
