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[jira] [Updated] (LEGAL-416) Remove source header example from
Apache 2.0 LICENSE.txt
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-416?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]
Henri Yandell updated LEGAL-416:
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Component/s: Document
> Remove source header example from Apache 2.0 LICENSE.txt
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> Key: LEGAL-416
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-416
> Project: Legal Discuss
> Issue Type: Task
> Components: Document
> Reporter: Henri Yandell
> Priority: Major
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> Proposing that we remove confusion by dropping the source header example from the bottom of our license (and putting it in a FAQ).
> Today it causes confusion in two ways:
> 1) It's not what Apache themselves use as a source header. I would add Apache's current style as another example in a FAQ (a source header when you have a CLA).
> 2) Folk often change the example Copyright notice, which turns the Apache 2.0 license back into an Apache 1.1 style template license.
> Removing it would cause some pain to the user community. I don't expect it to cause legal dept pain; it's not changing the license. File recognizers would have to learn a new pattern, but that's normal business.
> We should work with SPDX before doing this so they have thoughts on how to handle it.
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