[Proj] Method of reference to license within software code modules
Gerald I. Evenden
geraldi.evenden at gmail.com
Mon Jan 5 19:43:25 EST 2009
Not a bash nor editorial.
Question: does/should a copy of the license that covers a program module be
placed within each and every source file??
I had been putting a copy of the MIT in every file of whatever that ends up in
a distubution tarball. Is that necessary? I doubt that a copy of the 10,000
lines of GPL ends up in each of Stallman's files. ;-)
Is a reference and url (such as
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
sufficient?
Anyway, I feel that I have been a bit excessive.
Thanks.
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