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Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2011 19:48:39 +0000 (UTC)
From: "Roger Meier (Created) (JIRA)" <jira@apache.org>
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Subject: [jira] [Created] (LEGAL-114) License Header - Short Form?
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License Header - Short Form?
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                 Key: LEGAL-114
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-114
             Project: Legal Discuss
          Issue Type: Question
            Reporter: Roger Meier


Hi all

Today the license headers within files does need ~ 15 lines within a file.
This needs lot of space at the top of a file, probably too much if you have a small README file. 
e.g. http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/thrift/trunk/tutorial/README?view=markup

Is it possible to use a smaller header reflecting the license terms within a source or README file?
Can we use something like that one or a shorter one?
{noformat}
/*
 * Copyright (c) The Apache Software Foundation
 * Licensed to the ASF under one or more contributor license agreements
 * (see NOTICE file distributed with this work). ASF licenses this file to you
 * under the following license http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * Software distributed is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES
 * OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 */
{noformat}

Should we mention also the License identifier (Apache-2.0) used within spdx standard?
see http://spdx.org/licenses/

Thanks,
Roger

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