Sure. An informative header that names the project, links to to project 
page, and references the licence is my my view the most useful thing we 
can provide. The lawyer said that a public notice warning that the work 
is copyrighted might deter some infringers, even if it is not legally 
binding.

Kind regards,
Ben.

On 27/07/16 19:43, Andrea Aime wrote:
> Hi Ben,
> Jody told us during the meeting that adding a header referencing the
> license is still good as people
> cannot claim they did not read/know about the license file in the root
> folder.
> This seems like good advice to add, even if not legally binding
>
> Cheers
> Andrea
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 5:17 AM, Ben Caradoc-Davies <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Jody,
>>
>> I have written a draft post "Copyright Headers in Source Code File" son
>> the GeoTools blog. Please review and publish (in your capacity as OSGeo
>> project officer and board member).
>>
>> I also updated your earlier post on this topic as it had some broken
>> formatting and content and I needed to link to it. Apologies in advance!
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Ben.
>>
>> On 27/07/16 07:22, Jody Garnett wrote:
>>> *Getting a head(er) with OSGeo Legal*
>>>
>>> Ben and I met with OSGeo legal council last week, waiting on Ben to send
>>> email summary/write blog post.
>>>
>>> TLDR: We are good with respect to headers, small advantage
>>> - headers not required for (c)
>>> - small advantage to headers is opportunity to document license
>>>
>>> Actions:
>>> - (done) Brad: Change geoserver dev guide? Is this done/merged ...
>>> https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/Proposals/GSIP-147
>>> - Ben: Write up blog post for use by wider community (ie incubation,
>> other
>>> osgeo projects)
>>
>> --
>> Ben Caradoc-Davies <[email protected]>
>> Director
>> Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/>
>> New Zealand
>>
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