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Appendix of "Apache License, Version 2.0" differs from "official" information #12

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ruilvo opened this issue Jan 3, 2022 · 0 comments

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ruilvo commented Jan 3, 2022

I was using these license templates to add an Apache 2.0 license to a project. Happens that I was faced with a problem, namely the APPENDIX section.

The Github template reads:

To apply the Apache License to your work, attach the following boilerplate notice [...]

While the official information reads:

To apply the Apache License to specific files in your work, attach the following boilerplate declaration [...]

The problem is that the Github template basically suggests that using the "boilerplate notice" is mandatory in all files. This would raise questions like "how do you license a [standards compliant] JSON file?!" (remember the Apache 2.0 license explicitly include configuration files as licensed material).

Ideally the GH template should be made more in line with the official information.

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