[Bb-trac] [bbPress] #642: GPL license file and doc headers

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Tue Apr 17 00:36:13 GMT 2007


#642: GPL license file and doc headers
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 Reporter:  sambauers  |       Owner:  sambauers  
     Type:  task       |      Status:  new        
 Priority:  normal     |   Milestone:  1.0        
Component:  Back-end   |     Version:  0.8.1      
 Severity:  major      |    Keywords:  gpl license
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 Appropriate license files and headers are missing from bbPress. The
 license (COPYING) file is easy, but with headers we have a choice to make.
 I suggest we loosely follow the PEAR/PHPDoc standard for headers...
 example:

 {{{
 /**
  * Short description
  *
  * Long description (if any)
  *
  *
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2005 Automattic Inc.
  *
  *
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * LICENSE:
  *
  * This file is part of bbPress.
  *
  * bbPress is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
  * (at your option) any later version.
  *
  * bbPress is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  * GNU General Public License for more details.
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  * along with bbPress; if not, write to the Free Software
  * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301
 USA
  *
  *
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * PHP version 4 and 5
  *
  *
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * @copyright 2005 Automattic Inc.
  * @license   http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt GNU General Public
 License v2
  * @link      http://bbpress.org bbPress
  * @link      http://automattic.com Automattic
  **/
 }}}

 Any thoughts?

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