RFC Name : Java code license clean-up

Editor(s): Mike Smoot, Gary Bader

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About this document

This is an official Request for Comment (RFC) for Java code license clean-up

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Status

This RFC is closed and has been implemented. See the implementation details below.

Proposal

We propose to put the following header at the top of each Cytoscape 'owned' Java source code file.

/*
File: Cytoscape.java

Copyright (c) 2006 The Cytoscape Consortium (www.cytoscape.org)
The Cytoscape Consortium is: 
- Institute for Systems Biology 
- University of California San Diego
- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
- Pasteur Institute
- Agilent Technologies

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
any later version.

This library 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.  The software and
documentation provided hereunder is on an "as is" basis, and the
Institute for Systems Biology and the Whitehead Institute 
have no obligations to provide maintenance, support,
updates, enhancements or modifications.  In no event shall the
Institute for Systems Biology and the Whitehead Institute 
be liable to any party for direct, indirect, special,
incidental or consequential damages, including lost profits, arising
out of the use of this software and its documentation, even if the
Institute for Systems Biology and the Whitehead Institute 
have been advised of the possibility of such damage.  See
the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.
*/

Followed by package and import statements and code

Existing license examples

//ExpressionData.java

/** Copyright (c) 2002 Institute for Systems Biology and the Whitehead Institute
 **
 ** This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 ** under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
 ** by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
 ** any later version.
 ** 
 ** This library 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.  The software and
 ** documentation provided hereunder is on an "as is" basis, and the
 ** Institute for Systems Biology and the Whitehead Institute 
 ** have no obligations to provide maintenance, support,
 ** updates, enhancements or modifications.  In no event shall the
 ** Institute for Systems Biology and the Whitehead Institute 
 ** be liable to any party for direct, indirect, special,
 ** incidental or consequential damages, including lost profits, arising
 ** out of the use of this software and its documentation, even if the
 ** Institute for Systems Biology and the Whitehead Institute 
 ** have been advised of the possibility of such damage.  See
 ** the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 ** 
 ** You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 ** along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
 ** Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.
 **/

//--------------------------------------------------------------------
// $Revision: 1.22 $
// $Date: 2005/01/18 19:22:38 $
// $Author: cerami $
//--------------------------------------------------------------------

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
//  $Revision: 1.1 $ 
//  $Date: 2004/06/15 22:46:56 $
//  $Author: amarkiel $
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------

/*
 * The contents of this file are subject to the Sapient Public License
 * Version 1.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * http://carbon.sf.net/License.html.
 *
 * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for
 * the specific language governing rights and limitations under the License.
 *
 * The Original Code is The Carbon Component Framework.
 *
 * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Sapient Corporation
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2003 Sapient Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
 */

(no longer) Open Issues

Discussion

MikeSmoot comments:

/*
 * Copyright...
 */

//-------------------------------------------------
// Copyright...
//-------------------------------------------------

GaryBader - sounds good, though we could make it even simpler like:

/*
Copyright...
...
*/

//-------------------------------------------------
// File: Cytoscape.java
// Copyright (c) 2006  Cytoscape Consortium.
// ...
//-------------------------------------------------


Implementation


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