[openstack-dev] why do we put a license in every file?

Greg Hill greg.hill at RACKSPACE.COM
Wed Feb 5 16:29:20 UTC 2014


I'm new, so I'm sure there's some history I'm missing, but I find it bizarre that we have to put the same license into every single file of source code in our projects.  In my past experience, a single LICENSE file at the root-level of the project has been sufficient to declare the license chosen for a project.  Github even has the capacity to choose a license and generate that file for you, it's neat. 

Greg





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