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Filling in Boilerplate Fields

Here is what one incarnation of the MPL boilerplate looks like:

dnl 
dnl The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public
dnl License Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file
dnl except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
dnl the License at http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
dnl 
dnl Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS
dnl IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or
dnl implied. See the License for the specific language governing
dnl rights and limitations under the License.
dnl 
dnl The Original Code is ______________(1)_____________________.
dnl 
dnl The Initial Developer of the Original Code is _______(2)________
dnl ______.  Portions created by _________(3)__________ are
dnl Copyright (C) _____________(4)______________.  All
dnl Rights Reserved.
dnl 
dnl Contributor(s): (5)
dnl

The Fields

(1) is the name or description of the code (e.g. Mozilla Communicator).

(2) is the person or organization who holds copyright on the original code (e.g. Netscape Communications Corp.).

(3) should be the same as (2).

(4) should be the years of copyright, followed by (2) (e.g. 1998,1999 Netscape Communications Corp.).

(5) should be a list of contributors to the file, preferably one per line. The preferred format of each line is Real Name <login@email.address>

A Completed Example

So a filled out copy of the boilerplate text might look something like this:

dnl 
dnl The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public
dnl License Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file
dnl except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
dnl the License at http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
dnl 
dnl Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS
dnl IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or
dnl implied. See the License for the specific language governing
dnl rights and limitations under the License.
dnl 
dnl The Original Code is Mozilla Communicator.
dnl 
dnl The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Netscape Communications
dnl Corp.  Portions created by Netscape Communications Corp. are
dnl Copyright (C) 1998, 1998 Netscape Communications Corp.  All
dnl Rights Reserved.
dnl 
dnl Contributor(s): Jane Doe <john.doe@some.where.org>
dnl                 Richard M. Nixon <trickydick@presidents.gov>
dnl

Questions?

Questions about license usage? Post to netscape.public.mozilla.license. See our community page for more about this and other mozilla forums.

Last modified: Mon Sep 13 19:38:11 PDT 1999