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Dan Polansky: /* Examples from other FOSS projects */ link copyright assignment

2026-05-15T13:20:14Z

Examples from other FOSS projects: link copyright assignment

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	</pre>		</pre>

	Notes: the license header resembles that of FreeMind. GNU Emacs requires copyright assignment to FSF, making the above avoidance of listing individual contributors possible/easier to justify.		Notes: the license header resembles that of FreeMind. GNU Emacs requires [[copyright assignment]] to FSF, making the above avoidance of listing individual contributors possible/easier to justify.

	Example license header from Linux[https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/kernel/sched/core.c]:		Example license header from Linux[https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/kernel/sched/core.c]:
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	*-------------------------------------------------------------------------		*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
	</pre>		</pre>
	Notes: no license is identified on the per-file level here. No individual contributors are stated. archive.c has two contributing entities stated[https://github.com/postgres/postgres/blob/master/src/common/archive.c]. The term "PostgreSQL Global Development Group" does not refer to a legal entity and there is no copyright assignment with PostgreSQL[https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Developer_FAQ#Do_I_need_to_sign_a_copyright_assignment?].		Notes: no license is identified on the per-file level here. No individual contributors are stated. archive.c has two contributing entities stated[https://github.com/postgres/postgres/blob/master/src/common/archive.c]. The term "PostgreSQL Global Development Group" does not refer to a legal entity and there is no [[copyright assignment]] with PostgreSQL[https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Developer_FAQ#Do_I_need_to_sign_a_copyright_assignment?].

	== Option: do not list individual contributors ==		== Option: do not list individual contributors ==

Dan Polansky: /* Examples from other FOSS projects */

2026-05-15T13:17:14Z

Examples from other FOSS projects

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	*-------------------------------------------------------------------------		*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
	</pre>		</pre>
	Notes: no license is identified on the per-file level here. No individual contributors are stated. archive.c has two contributing entities stated[https://github.com/postgres/postgres/blob/master/src/common/archive.c].		Notes: no license is identified on the per-file level here. No individual contributors are stated. archive.c has two contributing entities stated[https://github.com/postgres/postgres/blob/master/src/common/archive.c]. The term "PostgreSQL Global Development Group" does not refer to a legal entity and there is no copyright assignment with PostgreSQL[https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Developer_FAQ#Do_I_need_to_sign_a_copyright_assignment?].

	== Option: do not list individual contributors ==		== Option: do not list individual contributors ==

Dan Polansky: /* Examples from other FOSS projects */ typos

2026-05-15T12:57:34Z

Examples from other FOSS projects: typos

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	Notes: no individual contributors are listed. The license information is concise.		Notes: no individual contributors are listed. The license information is concise.

	Example license header in ~~PostreSQL~~[https://github.com/postgres/postgres/blob/master/src/common/base64.c]:		Example license header in PostgreSQL[https://github.com/postgres/postgres/blob/master/src/common/base64.c]:
	<pre>		<pre>
	/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------		/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
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	*-------------------------------------------------------------------------		*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
	</pre>		</pre>
	Notes: no license is identified on the per-~~life~~ level here. No individual contributors are stated. archive.c has two contributing entities stated[https://github.com/postgres/postgres/blob/master/src/common/archive.c].		Notes: no license is identified on the per-file level here. No individual contributors are stated. archive.c has two contributing entities stated[https://github.com/postgres/postgres/blob/master/src/common/archive.c].

	== Option: do not list individual contributors ==		== Option: do not list individual contributors ==

Dan Polansky: /* Examples from other FOSS projects */

2026-05-15T12:55:31Z

Examples from other FOSS projects

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 </pre>
 Notes: no individual contributors are listed. The license information is concise.
 == Option: do not list individual contributors ==

Dan Polansky: /* Examples from other FOSS projects */

2026-05-15T11:27:54Z

Examples from other FOSS projects

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   */
 </pre>
 Example license header from LibreOffice[https://github.com/LibreOffice/core/blob/master/formula/source/core/api/FormulaCompiler.cxx]:

Dan Polansky: /* FreeMind license header */

2026-05-15T10:46:17Z

FreeMind license header

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	*: This one drops the beginning with years and year ranges.		*: This one drops the beginning with years and year ranges.
	* grep -L -r --include="*.java" "Copyright" .		* grep -L -r --include="*.java" "Copyright" .
	*: Lists .java files suspect of not containing a license header, by listing those in which the word "~~Coypright~~" (so capitalized) is not found.		*: Lists .java files suspect of not containing a license header, by listing those in which the word "Copyright" (so capitalized) is not found.

	== Examples from other FOSS projects ==		== Examples from other FOSS projects ==

Dan Polansky: /* FreeMind license header */

2026-05-15T10:44:53Z

FreeMind license header

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	* grep -h -r --include=".java" "Copyright" . \| sed "s/.\(C\).[0-9] //" \| sort \| uniq		* grep -h -r --include=".java" "Copyright" . \| sed "s/.\(C\).[0-9] //" \| sort \| uniq
	*: This one drops the beginning with years and year ranges.		*: This one drops the beginning with years and year ranges.
			* grep -L -r --include="*.java" "Copyright" .
			*: Lists .java files suspect of not containing a license header, by listing those in which the word "Coypright" (so capitalized) is not found.

	== Examples from other FOSS projects ==		== Examples from other FOSS projects ==

Dan Polansky: /* FreeMind license header */

2026-05-15T10:04:10Z

FreeMind license header

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	<pre>		<pre>
	/* FreeMind - A program for creating and viewing mind maps		/* FreeMind - A program for creating and viewing mind maps
	* Copyright (C) ~~2000~~-<YEAR> <AUTHORS>		* Copyright (C) <START-YEAR>-<END-YEAR> <AUTHORS>
	* See COPYING for Details		* See COPYING for Details
	*		*
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	*/		*/
	</pre>		</pre>

			The <START-YEAR> is often 2000, but not always.

	Questions:		Questions:

Dan Polansky: /* Examples from other FOSS projects */

2026-05-15T09:40:01Z

Examples from other FOSS projects

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	//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//		//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
	</pre>		</pre>
			Notes: no individual contributors are listed. The license information is concise.

	== Option: do not list individual contributors ==		== Option: do not list individual contributors ==

Dan Polansky: /* Examples from other FOSS projects */

2026-05-15T09:36:15Z

Examples from other FOSS projects

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 </pre>
 Notes: This is made possible by [[copyright assignment]] to FSF, which ceased for GCC only in 2021. This GNU GPL V3+, not V2+.
 == Option: do not list individual contributors ==