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| * Copyright (c) 2005, 2018 Eclipse Foundation and others. |
| * |
| * This program and the accompanying materials are made |
| * available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 |
| * which is available at https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/ |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * Denis Roy (Eclipse Foundation) - Initial implementation |
| * Eric Poirier (Eclipse Foundation) |
| * |
| * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 |
| */ |
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| <p>Last updated September 8th, 2004</p> |
| <p> |
| With the Eclipse Foundation transitioning from the CPL to the EPL (for |
| further information see the <a href="CPL2EPLTransitionPlan.pdf">CPL to EPL |
| Transition Plan</a> (.pdf) and matching <a href="cpl2eplfaq.php">FAQ</a>), |
| the default license for a project will either be the CPL or the EPL. For |
| CPL projects, the notice template is: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| /*******************************************************************************<br> |
| * Copyright (c) {DATE} {INITIAL COPYRIGHT OWNER} {OTHER COPYRIGHT |
| OWNERS}.<br> * All rights reserved. This program and the |
| accompanying materials<br> * are made available under the terms of |
| the Common Public License v1.0<br> * which accompanies this |
| distribution, and is available at<br> * |
| http://www.eclipse.org/legal/cpl-v10.html<br> *<br> * |
| Contributors:<br> * {INITIAL AUTHOR} - |
| initial API and implementation<br> |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| </p> |
| <p>For EPL projects, the notice template is:</p> |
| <p> |
| /*******************************************************************************<br> |
| * Copyright (c) {DATE} {INITIAL COPYRIGHT OWNER} {OTHER COPYRIGHT |
| OWNERS}.<br> * All rights reserved. This program and the |
| accompanying materials<br> * are made available under the terms of |
| the Eclipse Public License v1.0<br> * which accompanies this |
| distribution, and is available at<br> * |
| http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html<br> *<br> * |
| Contributors:<br> * {INITIAL AUTHOR} - |
| initial API and implementation<br> |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| </p> |
| <p>NOTE: While the CPL to EPL Transition Plan is in effect, do NOT use the |
| EPL notice unless you know for certain that your project has transitioned |
| fully to the EPL.</p> |
| <p>If the contents of the file are to be governed by another license, |
| different text will be required. Contact the relevant PMC for assistance |
| with this.</p> |
| <p> |
| <strong>{DATE}</strong> is either a year or a range of years with the |
| first and last years of the range separated by a comma. So for example: |
| "2004" or "2000, 2004". The first year is when the |
| contents of the file were first created and the last year is the last year |
| is when the contents were last modified. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <strong>{INITIAL COPYRIGHT OWNER}</strong> is the copyright owner that |
| created the initial content. If the content is subsequently modified and |
| appended to by other copyright owners, the words "and others" |
| are typically appended. So for example: "XYZ Corp." or "XYZ |
| Corp. and others". The words "and others" are used to avoid |
| having to list every copyright owner and because often, most of the |
| content in the file was contributed the by initial copyright owner with |
| subsequent modifications by others being smaller. However especially if |
| the number of copyright owners is small (e.g. two), there is nothing wrong |
| with listing all of them especially if their contributions are more |
| proportionately equal. For example: "XYZ Corp., John Smith, and ABC |
| Enterprises." |
| </p> |
| <p>NOTE: Do not confuse copyright owners with authors (which is explained |
| below). A copyright owner may be either an individual or an entity. If a |
| person is making their contributions on behalf of their employer, then the |
| copyright owner is usually the employer (i.e. "XYZ Corp." and |
| not "John Smith").</p> |
| <p> |
| <strong>{INITIAL AUTHOR}</strong> is the name of the person that wrote the |
| initial content. Subsequent authors are listed on proceding lines with a |
| short description of the contribution. If there is an associated Bugzilla |
| report number, then it is good practice to include it here. Over time, |
| this section actually becomes a log of the contributions. Although it |
| could become quite lengthy in some cases, it should be maintained for two |
| important reasons - to acknowledge the contributions of individuals |
| (especially when their contribution is owned by their employer), and to |
| assist with tracking the pedigree of the code (who wrote what). It is good |
| practice to list the name of the author with their employer if the latter |
| owns the copyright. For example: "John Smith (XYZ Corp.)". |
| </p> |
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