On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 8:29 AM, Greg Hill <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm new, so I'm sure there's some history I'm missing, but I find it bizarre > that we have to put the same license into every single file of source code in > our projects. In my past experience, a single LICENSE file at the root-level > of the project has been sufficient to declare the license chosen for a > project. Github even has the capacity to choose a license and generate that > file for you, it's neat.
We do it for the same reason apache does it: "Why is a licensing header necessary? License headers allow someone examining the file to know the terms for the work, even when it is distributed without the rest of the distribution. Without a licensing notice, it must be assumed that the author has reserved all rights, including the right to copy, modify, and redistribute." http://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html > > Greg > > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenStack-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev _______________________________________________ OpenStack-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
