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Filling in Boilerplate Fields

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

/* ***** BEGIN LICENSE BLOCK *****
 * Version: OFPL 1.1
 *
 * The contents of this file are subject to the Open-Firewall Public License 
 * Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 
 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * http://www.open-firewall.org/OFPL/
 *
 * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
 * for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the
 * License.
 *
 * The Original Code is __________________(1)_____________________.
 *
 * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is
 * _______________(2)__________________________.
 * Portions created by the Initial Developer are Copyright (C) _(3)_
 * the Initial Developer. All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * Contributor(s): __(4)__
 *
 * ***** END LICENSE BLOCK ***** */
	

The fields

  1. is the name or description of the code (e.g. Open Firewall Master Daemon).
  2. is the person or organization who holds copyright on the original code (e.g. John Doe).
  3. should be the year(s) of copyright.
  4. 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>

Complete example

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

/* ***** BEGIN LICENSE BLOCK *****
 * Version: OFPL 1.1
 *
 * The contents of this file are subject to the Open Firewall Public License 
 * Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 
 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * http://www.open-firewall.org/OFPL/
 *
 * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
 * for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the
 * License.
 *
 * The Original Code is the master daemon process.
 *
 * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is
 * Foo BAR.
 * Portions created by the Initial Developer are Copyright (C) 2003.
 * the Initial Developer. All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * Contributor(s): John Doe <John@doe.org>
 *
 * ***** END LICENSE BLOCK ***** */
	

by Nicolas Bélan