Timeline for Copyright notices/disclaimers in source files
Current License: CC BY-SA 2.5
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| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
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| Nov 22, 2023 at 12:16 | comment | added | Timmmm | Having the copyright header in the file doesn't mean that it won't be lost when bits and pieces are remixed in other projects. People can copy parts of files, or even just remove the copyright header. | |
| May 18, 2017 at 18:14 | comment | added | Guido U. Draheim | A lot of companies like to have a copyright line because they want to do "license management". In other words: check for something GPL'ish that was copied from the internet. Basically they scan the source code for a copyright line - which is really just the first line that contains "Copyright" / "(c)". The example says that it is not free software because it is "All Rights Reserved" - which implies that there must be some license sheet in a third place, may be a LICENSE.TXT file or real paper. Because of that implication you do not need a boilerplate license text. | |
| Feb 1, 2013 at 15:47 | comment | added | Joe Z. | "the terms of the XYZ license, which unfortunately won't be written for another century." It's been 130 years and counting. :P | |
| Jan 6, 2011 at 10:33 | history | answered | user131 | CC BY-SA 2.5 |