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[Kristina Hoeppner <1211621@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We are going to make this change once we have all new files in Mahara,
i.e. right before the release of RC 1.

We are going to do the following:

1. We have one file in Mahara that contains the copyright information. I would create LICENSE.txt.
2. Text as per below.
3. Each other file includes the following sentence at the top: For copyright information on Mahara, please see [path to the file].
4. We should also include two @ lines so that license and copyright information is properly picked up by documentation tools that can display such information. Check with Aaron who that might look like as he had a tool installed to check. I think it is the following two lines:

---
* @license http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL version 3 or later
* @copyright For copyright information on Mahara, please see [path to the file]
---

3. If a file contains bits and pieces from someone else with different
copyright, then that is added below our general copyright sentence
directly in that one file.

================
Updated text for license page:

* Copyright (C) 2006-2013 Catalyst IT and others; see:
* http://wiki.mahara.org/Contributors
*
* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, version 3 or later of the License.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program. If not, see < http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*
* @package mahara
* @subpackage core
* @author Catalyst IT
* @license http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL version 3 or later
* @copyright (C) 2006-2013 Catalyst IT http://catalyst.net.nz

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1211621

Title:
  Correct license info in file headers

Status in Mahara ePortfolio:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  The license info currently reads:

  ----
  * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
   * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
   * (at your option) any later version.
  ----

  To avoid any confusion, it should be corrected to read

  ----
  * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
   * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 or later of the License.
  -----

  The text appears as comment in probably pretty much every file in
  Mahara but also on the installation screen.

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