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Michael Osipov commented on MNG-7734:
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I don't think that this file requies a header since it does lack any
creativity. Look
[here|https://github.com/apache/tomcat/blob/main/conf/server.xml] I would
expect no header to be present as well.
> Default configuration file (settings.xml) contains copyright notice
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: MNG-7734
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-7734
> Project: Maven
> Issue Type: Wish
> Components: Settings
> Affects Versions: 3.9.0
> Reporter: Philippe Cloutier
> Priority: Minor
>
> [The default contents of Maven's settings.xml configuration
> file|https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf?p=maven.git;a=blob_plain;f=apache-maven/src/assembly/maven/conf/settings.xml;hb=HEAD]
> start with the following comment:
> {code:xml}
> <!--
> Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
> or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
> distributed with this work for additional information
> regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
> to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
> "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
> with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
> http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
> Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
> software distributed under the License is distributed on an
> "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
> KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
> specific language governing permissions and limitations
> under the License.
> -->
> {code}
> As a result, my organization has _settings.xml_ files which start with that
> copyright notice. This is confusing and distracting, making an already long
> file even longer. A casual look makes it seem as if that file is unmodified
> source, while it is in fact a configuration file.
> It is true that the file contains sizable test comments which must be subject
> copyright, so the notice is correct and has some value. However, its
> prominence (length and position, before even the file's description)
> increases the risk of confusion.
> Since copyright notices are not necessary to copyright protection, since the
> Apache License is permissive and since the value of copyrights on that file
> are limited, I recommend to remove that notice from settings.xml.
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