Is there a point to this if license headers are (supposedly) useless?

steveklabnik · 2025-01-28T19:16:27 1738091787

I think for licenses like the MPL, which are scoped to a single file, including the header makes sense, and isn't particularly onerous: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/MPL/headers/

I don't put headers in projects that use other licenses.

codetrotter · 2025-01-28T21:49:46 1738100986

I used to put the ISC license in the header of every file when I first started sharing code online under open source licenses. But eventually I realized that a single LICENSE file is best, instead of having the header in all of the files.

stonogo · 2025-01-28T21:02:07 1738098127

If Google wants to use your software, they will whine until you add them. I guess automating it would be nice in that case.