In my opinion we should include the full header, that is important to comply with the ASF licenses policies, unless there is a strong reason for not doing so. BTW, the Q/A you have quoted doesn't apply very well to the scenario you are considering: the rule doesn't say "you can use the short header if the file is short". For short README files this one is more relevant: http://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html#faq-exceptions
By the way, my preference is, inline with what is mentioned in that document, to "err on having a source header and contact legal-discuss@ if unsure". Jacopo On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 5:04 PM, Jacques Le Roux < jacques.le.r...@les7arts.com> wrote: > Hi, > > At https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-6243 we had a discussion > about "ASL2 header in short files" > > I'd like to propose as a project policy that we use this sentence proposed > at http://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html#is-a-short-form > -of-the-source-header-available > > "Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more > contributor license agreements; and to You under the Apache License, > Version 2.0. " > > I know it's there proposed for other categories of files, but I think it > fits, I see no reason to have a longer header than the content in short > files > > For short files, I see at least scripts (*.sh & *.bat), index.jsp, > error*.jsp, *.properties and all readme kinds. Though we could also remove > ASL2 headers in readme containing it to be consistent (see my last comment > in OFBIZ-6243) > > Opinions? > > Jacques > >
