I think we should try and get rid of these -header.txt files, there must be
a way since not all components use them.

Gary


On Mon, Mar 8, 2021, 19:41 sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Most of the Commons projects show up in GitHub as having the Apache 2.0
> License
>
> However a few show up as 'other':
>
> commons-codec
> commons-csv
> commons-dbutils
> commons-exec
> commons-jelly
> commons-logging
> commons-math
> commons-rdf
> commons-text
> commons-weaver
>
> AFAICT this is because there is more than 1 LICENSE file at the top level:
> I forked codec and deleted the LICENSE-header.txt file, and the
> license then showed up as AL 2.0.
>
> I think it's not only GitHub that might be confused by such files, so
> I suggest they are moved or renamed to avoid the confusion. They are
> only needed for Checkstyle, so perhaps could be named accordingly,
> e.g. checkstyle-header.txt
>
> [Obviously there would need to be corresponding changes in the pom and
> assembly files]
>
> WDYT?
>
> Sebb.
>
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