notice - a utility for writing license notices to source files.
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Description
The notice command is a simple way to add a boilerplate to a set of source-code files. It is a wrapper
script for the licensing program.
Examples
The notice command is most often used like so:
$licensingnotice-c'Yoyo,Inc.2001'-lgpl-sc-n*.[ch]apply:foo.c->Boilerplateapplied.apply:bar.c->Boilerplateapplied.apply:qux.c->Boilerplateapplied.apply:foo.h->Boilerplateapplied.
This example applies the license notice for the latest version of the GPL in the C-commenting style to
all of the .c and .h files in the current directory. The copyright holder is Yoyo, Inc, in the year
2001.
Name
notice - a utility for writing license notices to source files.
Options
-n Don't retain .bak backup files.
-c NAME-AND-YEAR
Specify the copyright holder and years. The syntax for copyright years allows for years separated
by a comma, and also ranges of years separated by a hyphen. In most shells, the argument for this
option must be enclosed in single quotes.
-l LICENSE
Specify the license notice to apply to the source-code files. The supported licenses are: gpl,
gplv3+, gplv3, gplv2+, gplv2, gplv1+, gplv1, lgpl, lgplv3+, lgplv3, lgplv2+, lgplv2, lgplv1+,
lgplv1, agpl, agplv3+, agplv3, fdl, fdlv13+, fdlv13, fdlv12+, fdlv12, fdlv11+, fdlv11,
all-permissive, bsd, bsd3clause, bsd2clause, apache, apachev2, mit, isc, mpl, mplv2, mplv1.1 and
openbsd.
-s COMMENTING-STYLE
Specify the commenting style. The supported commenting styles are: c, c++, shell, scheme,
texinfo, latex, m4, haskell, groff, gettext, fortran, and pascal.
-?, --help
Give a list the available options.
Reporting Bugs
Report bugs to <https://sv.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=licenseutils>.
See Also
The full documentation for notice is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and licensing programs
are properly installed at your site, the command
infolicenseutilsnotice
will give you access to the complete documentation for the notice command.
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Synopsis
notice [OPTION...] [FILE...]
