>>>>> On Fri, 11 Dec 2015, William Hubbs wrote:

> currently, OpenRC has file-based copyright/licensing information.
> I would like to centralize all of this information, following the
> centralized model described here [1].

> This would mean that, at the top of each file, there would be a
> copyright notice stating:

> Copyright <years> OpenRC authors

> [with the licensing information from the page I am referring to
> mentioning the license and a copy of the license at the top level of
> the distro]

OpenRC is licensed under BSD-2, right? That license is rather short,
not much longer than the license notice from [1]. So I wonder if
centralising this is worth the effort. (It also adds one level of
indirection.)

The longest part of BSD-2 is the warranty disclaimer. Not sure if it
would be wise to remove this from individual files. Note that e.g. the
GPL license notice comes with a "no warranty" paragraph.

Ulrich

> [1] 
> https://softwarefreedom.org/resources/2012/ManagingCopyrightInformation.html

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