> > > >> should I put a "copyright" header on each file ? > >It can be done later but if you do it now, a bit like the first answer, it >will be easier to integrate.
I am not a lawyer, but IMO, there are two sides to this answer. From your company's perspective, you should clearly mark all exposed IP as to its ownership and licensing. At Adobe, we even have internal scanners that try to make sure that any source and assets that are to be published on any opensource channel have appropriate headers. Then, from Apache's perspective, before we call the donation "complete" the copyright needs to be in a NOTICE file and not the headers, and the headers must contain the Apache License. That can be done after the code is donated. JIRA is a public exposure of IP so it would be in your best interests to have the headers in place before attaching the source. But what headers? If your company is ok with it, then using Apache headers now and putting the copyright in the NOTICE file will save us a step post donation. Thanks, -Alex
