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| <p>Last updated September 8th, 2004</p> |
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| <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.html">FAQ</a>), |
| the default license for a project will either be the CPL or the EPL. For CPL projects, the notice template is: |
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| /*******************************************************************************<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> |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
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| <p>For EPL projects, the notice template is:</p> |
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| /*******************************************************************************<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> |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
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| <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> |
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| <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> |
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| <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> |
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| <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> |
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| <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> |
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| <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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