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  2. opensource.com › article › 20How should open source projects handle copyright notices?

    Oct 20, 2020 · With the continued pervasive use of licenses based on these texts, most developers of open source software have seen licenses that appear to place importance on copyright notices. But those texts were created with an earlier legal regime in mind.

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  3. www.linuxfoundation.org › blog › blogCopyright Notices in Open Source Software Projects

    Jan 10, 2020 · Learn which copyright notice should appear at the top of an open source project with many contributors.

  4. softwareengineering.stackexchange.com › questionsCopyright notices/disclaimers in source files - Software ...

    Nov 17, 2010 · It's a common practice to place copyright notices, various legal disclaimers and sometimes even full license agreements in each source file of an open-source project. Is this really necessary for a (1) open-source project and (2) closed-source project?

  5. softwareengineering.stackexchange.com › questionsHow to manage a copyright notice in an open source project?

    To do so with the same MIT license: Just add your copyright notice after the 2012 Acme Corp copyright notice in the files you modified. You can license your modifications under a different license, if you so choose.

  6. opensource.google › documentation › referenceGoogle Copyright Notice Usage | Google Open Source

    • Variations
    • The Year
    • Files Derived from Third Party Code
    • Individual Author Information

    No variations are acceptable. For example DO NOTuse the symbol ©, or the abbreviation Copr. in place ofthe word Copyright.

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    Substitute the appropriate year of creation for "2010" in the examples. Forexample, if something was first written in 2010, then your statement should looklike: There is no need to update the year if the file is just being moved from oneplace to another. When making changes to code with an existing copyright notice: 1. Retain earliest copyright yea...

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    Files that copy lines of code from third-party files, or that are directlytranslated or derived from third-party files, must retain any copyright noticespresent in the third-party file(s). A Google copyright notice can be added tothe license header as a separate copyright notice, beneath any existing notices,but above the license text. Any files th...

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    Before adding author information to the content of a file, consider thatrevision history already provides a more detailed and accurate record ofauthorship. No major language style guide at Google recommends adding authorinformation. For some languages individual author information may be included in a styleappropriate to the language. For C++ this ...

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  7. opensource.guide › noticesLegal Disclaimer and Notices | Open Source Guides

    The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.

  8. ben.balter.com › 2015/06/03 › copyright-notices-forCopyright notices for open source projects | Ben Balter

    Jun 3, 2015 · TL;DR: What is the appropriate copyright notice for opens source projects? Who is the copyright holder? What year (s) should you put? Do you even need a copyright notice in the first place? 5 minute read.