On 2024-06-06, Peter J. Philipp <p...@delphinusdns.org> wrote: > if the outcome may be that the Copyright does not protect my works > and its license then there is no need to retain a license at the top of every > source file at all.
Without a license the default position in many jurisdictions is "this is copyright and you can't reproduce it". Putting the license and warranty disclaimer on every file is to make sure that it's clear that people *can* do with it what they want, with the limited exceptions stated. -- Please keep replies on the mailing list.