[LEGAL-114] License Header - Short Form?

• Type: Question
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Roger Meier
• Created: 01/Dec/11 19:47
• Updated: 18/Mar/16 16:23
• Resolved: 20/Feb/16 02:18

Description

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?

/*
 * 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.
 */

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

Thanks,
Roger