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Posted to dev@cordova.apache.org by Tim Barham <Ti...@microsoft.com> on 2015/06/08 20:21:50 UTC
Should files in cordova-lib/templates have license headers?
Currently these files are flagged by RAT. We should either add license headers or exclude them (from RAT) to clean up the noise. They're small pieces of template code used by plugman. The Apache rules for whether a file needs to have a license header [1] specifies:
> What files in an Apache release do not require a license header?
> A file without any degree of creativity in either its literal elements or
> its structure is not protected by copyright law; therefore, such a file
> does not require a license header. If in doubt about the extent of the
> file's creativity, add the license header to the file.
I don't think it could be argued that these files have *no* creativity what-so-ever, so perhaps we should add license headers?
[1] http://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html
Tim
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Re: Should files in cordova-lib/templates have license headers?
Posted by Shazron <sh...@gmail.com>.
I believe we had this exact discussion regarding our app-hello-world.
Ultimately we added it in:
https://github.com/apache/cordova-app-hello-world/blob/master/www/index.html
On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 2:21 PM, Jesse <pu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> What specific files?
> The problem that I have is with adding license headers to template files is
> that it *may* imply that the developer's app must be APL 2.0, these
> typically are 'sample' files and the user is expected to change them ...
> but expecting them to remove a license header as their first change is
> kinda weird.
>
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> @purplecabbage
> risingj.com
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> On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 12:30 PM, Shazron <sh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > We should add license headers.
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 11:21 AM, Tim Barham <Ti...@microsoft.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Currently these files are flagged by RAT. We should either add license
> > > headers or exclude them (from RAT) to clean up the noise. They're small
> > > pieces of template code used by plugman. The Apache rules for whether a
> > > file needs to have a license header [1] specifies:
> > >
> > > > What files in an Apache release do not require a license header?
> > > > A file without any degree of creativity in either its literal
> elements
> > or
> > > > its structure is not protected by copyright law; therefore, such a
> file
> > > > does not require a license header. If in doubt about the extent of
> the
> > > > file's creativity, add the license header to the file.
> > >
> > > I don't think it could be argued that these files have *no* creativity
> > > what-so-ever, so perhaps we should add license headers?
> > >
> > > [1] http://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html
> > >
> > > Tim
> > >
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RE: Should files in cordova-lib/templates have license headers?
Posted by Tim Barham <Ti...@microsoft.com>.
So... I added the license headers to the checked-in code, but got around the issue you describe by adding logic to strip out the license headers when creating a plugin. See https://github.com/apache/cordova-lib/commit/921dad392a.
Tim
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Subject: Re: Should files in cordova-lib/templates have license headers?
What specific files?
The problem that I have is with adding license headers to template files is that it *may* imply that the developer's app must be APL 2.0, these typically are 'sample' files and the user is expected to change them ...
but expecting them to remove a license header as their first change is kinda weird.
@purplecabbage
risingj.com
On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 12:30 PM, Shazron <sh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> We should add license headers.
>
> On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 11:21 AM, Tim Barham <Ti...@microsoft.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Currently these files are flagged by RAT. We should either add
> > license headers or exclude them (from RAT) to clean up the noise.
> > They're small pieces of template code used by plugman. The Apache
> > rules for whether a file needs to have a license header [1] specifies:
> >
> > > What files in an Apache release do not require a license header?
> > > A file without any degree of creativity in either its literal
> > > elements
> or
> > > its structure is not protected by copyright law; therefore, such a
> > > file does not require a license header. If in doubt about the
> > > extent of the file's creativity, add the license header to the file.
> >
> > I don't think it could be argued that these files have *no*
> > creativity what-so-ever, so perhaps we should add license headers?
> >
> > [1] http://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html
> >
> > Tim
> >
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Re: Should files in cordova-lib/templates have license headers?
Posted by Jesse <pu...@gmail.com>.
What specific files?
The problem that I have is with adding license headers to template files is
that it *may* imply that the developer's app must be APL 2.0, these
typically are 'sample' files and the user is expected to change them ...
but expecting them to remove a license header as their first change is
kinda weird.
@purplecabbage
risingj.com
On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 12:30 PM, Shazron <sh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> We should add license headers.
>
> On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 11:21 AM, Tim Barham <Ti...@microsoft.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Currently these files are flagged by RAT. We should either add license
> > headers or exclude them (from RAT) to clean up the noise. They're small
> > pieces of template code used by plugman. The Apache rules for whether a
> > file needs to have a license header [1] specifies:
> >
> > > What files in an Apache release do not require a license header?
> > > A file without any degree of creativity in either its literal elements
> or
> > > its structure is not protected by copyright law; therefore, such a file
> > > does not require a license header. If in doubt about the extent of the
> > > file's creativity, add the license header to the file.
> >
> > I don't think it could be argued that these files have *no* creativity
> > what-so-ever, so perhaps we should add license headers?
> >
> > [1] http://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html
> >
> > Tim
> >
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> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribe@cordova.apache.org
> > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-help@cordova.apache.org
> >
> >
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Re: Should files in cordova-lib/templates have license headers?
Posted by Shazron <sh...@gmail.com>.
We should add license headers.
On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 11:21 AM, Tim Barham <Ti...@microsoft.com>
wrote:
> Currently these files are flagged by RAT. We should either add license
> headers or exclude them (from RAT) to clean up the noise. They're small
> pieces of template code used by plugman. The Apache rules for whether a
> file needs to have a license header [1] specifies:
>
> > What files in an Apache release do not require a license header?
> > A file without any degree of creativity in either its literal elements or
> > its structure is not protected by copyright law; therefore, such a file
> > does not require a license header. If in doubt about the extent of the
> > file's creativity, add the license header to the file.
>
> I don't think it could be argued that these files have *no* creativity
> what-so-ever, so perhaps we should add license headers?
>
> [1] http://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html
>
> Tim
>
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