Re: [openstack-dev] why do we put a license in every file?

2014-02-06 Thread Radomir Dopieralski
On 05/02/14 17:46, Jay Pipes wrote: > On Wed, 2014-02-05 at 16:29 +, Greg Hill wrote: >> I'm new, so I'm sure there's some history I'm missing, but I find it bizarre >> that we have to put the same license into every single file of source code >> in our projects. > > Meh, probably just habit

Re: [openstack-dev] why do we put a license in every file?

2014-02-05 Thread Mark McLoughlin
On Wed, 2014-02-05 at 16:29 +, Greg Hill wrote: > I'm new, so I'm sure there's some history I'm missing, but I find it > bizarre that we have to put the same license into every single file of > source code in our projects. In my past experience, a single LICENSE > file at the root-level of the

Re: [openstack-dev] why do we put a license in every file?

2014-02-05 Thread Russell Bryant
On 02/05/2014 11:53 AM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > On Wed, Feb 05, 2014 at 04:29:20PM +, Greg Hill wrote: >> I'm new, so I'm sure there's some history I'm missing, but I find it >> bizarre that we have to put the same license into every single file >> of source code in our projects. In my pas

Re: [openstack-dev] why do we put a license in every file?

2014-02-05 Thread Clint Byrum
Excerpts from Greg Hill's message of 2014-02-05 08:29:20 -0800: > I'm new, so I'm sure there's some history I'm missing, but I find it bizarre > that we have to put the same license into every single file of source code in > our projects. In my past experience, a single LICENSE file at the root-

Re: [openstack-dev] why do we put a license in every file?

2014-02-05 Thread Joe Gordon
On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 8:29 AM, Greg Hill wrote: > I'm new, so I'm sure there's some history I'm missing, but I find it bizarre > that we have to put the same license into every single file of source code in > our projects. In my past experience, a single LICENSE file at the root-level > of th

Re: [openstack-dev] why do we put a license in every file?

2014-02-05 Thread Donald Stufft
It's nice when someone removes a file from the project. They get license information transmitted automatically without needing to do extra work. > On Feb 5, 2014, at 10:46 AM, Jay Pipes wrote: > >> On Wed, 2014-02-05 at 16:29 +, Greg Hill wrote: >> I'm new, so I'm sure there's some history

Re: [openstack-dev] why do we put a license in every file?

2014-02-05 Thread Daniel P. Berrange
On Wed, Feb 05, 2014 at 04:29:20PM +, Greg Hill wrote: > I'm new, so I'm sure there's some history I'm missing, but I find it > bizarre that we have to put the same license into every single file > of source code in our projects. In my past experience, a single > LICENSE file at the root-level

Re: [openstack-dev] why do we put a license in every file?

2014-02-05 Thread Jay Pipes
On Wed, 2014-02-05 at 16:29 +, Greg Hill wrote: > I'm new, so I'm sure there's some history I'm missing, but I find it bizarre > that we have to put the same license into every single file of source code in > our projects. Meh, probably just habit and copy/paste behavior. > In my past exp

[openstack-dev] why do we put a license in every file?

2014-02-05 Thread Greg Hill
I'm new, so I'm sure there's some history I'm missing, but I find it bizarre that we have to put the same license into every single file of source code in our projects. In my past experience, a single LICENSE file at the root-level of the project has been sufficient to declare the license chose