[tor-bugs] #7954 [Stem]: Noting license/copyright in files

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#7954: Noting license/copyright in files
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 Reporter:  atagar       |          Owner:  atagar
     Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  new   
 Priority:  minor        |      Milestone:        
Component:  Stem         |        Version:        
 Keywords:               |         Parent:        
   Points:               |   Actualpoints:        
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 Juan has pointed out that it evidently takes more than just adding a
 LICENSE file to be under the LGPL...

 {{{
 From https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-howto.en.html :
 Whichever license you plan to use, the process involves adding two
 elements to each source file of your program: a copyright notice (such as
 “Copyright 1999 Terry Jones”), and a statement of copying permission,
 saying that the program is distributed under the terms of the GNU General
 Public License (or the Lesser GPL).
 }}}

 So the question becomes: what do we put in the header? Tor's looks like...

 {{{
 /* Copyright (c) 2001 Matej Pfajfar.
  * Copyright (c) 2001-2004, Roger Dingledine.
  * Copyright (c) 2004-2006, Roger Dingledine, Nick Mathewson.
  * Copyright (c) 2007-2012, The Tor Project, Inc. */
 /* See LICENSE for licensing information */
 }}}

 I'm not a fan of dirtying our source code with legal stuff, but oh well.
 Questions that I have are...

 * Should the start year of the copyright date be the year that stem was
 started? When the file was created? Something else?

 * Does this mean that I need to remember to update the end date every
 year?

 * Until #7566 I had stem's copyright but now it's a little more confused.
 I suppose this means a copyright line for both Sean and me in the files
 that we've both touched?

 * I like Tor's "See LICENSE for licensing information". Is that ok or do
 we need to say "LGPLv3 or later".

 Cheers! -Damian

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