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# How to apply a license
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Originally Nextcloud was licensed under the GNU AGPLv3 only. From
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June, 16 2016 on we switched to "GNU AGPLv3 or any later version" for
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better long-term maintainability and to make it more secure from a
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legal point of view.
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Additionally Nextcloud doesn't require a CLA (Contributor License
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Agreement). The copyright belongs to all the individual
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contributors.
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## Apply a license to a new file
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If you create a new file please use a license header
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#### Frontend source (`.js`, `.ts`, `.css` and etc)
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```js
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/**
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* @copyright Copyright (c) <year>, <your name> (<your email address>)
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*
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* @license AGPL-3.0-or-later
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*
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* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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* it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
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* published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
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* License, or (at your option) any later version.
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*
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* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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* GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
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*
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* You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
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* along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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*
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*/
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````
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or `.vue` files
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```html
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<!--
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- @copyright Copyright (c) <year>, <your name> (<your email address>)
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-
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- @license AGPL-3.0-or-later
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-
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- This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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- it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
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- published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
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- License, or (at your option) any later version.
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-
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- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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- GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
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-
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- You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
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- along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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-->
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```
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#### Backend source (`.php`)
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```php
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/**
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* @copyright Copyright (c) <year>, <your name> (<your email address>)
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*
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* @license GNU AGPL version 3 or any later version
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*
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* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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* it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
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* published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
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* License, or (at your option) any later version.
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*
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* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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* GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
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*
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* You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
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* along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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*
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*/
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```
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## Apply a licence to an existing file
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If you modify an existing file, please keep the existing license header as
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it is and just add your copyright notice, for example:
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````diff
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/**
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* @copyright Copyright (c) 2022, Alice (alice@nextcloud.local)
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* @copyright Copyright (c) 2023, Bob (bob@nextcloud.local)
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+* @copyright Copyright (c) <year>, <your name> (<your email address>)
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*
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* @license GNU AGPL version 3 or any later version
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*
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* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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* it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
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* published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
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* License, or (at your option) any later version.
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*
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* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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* GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
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*
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* You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
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* along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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*
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*/
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````
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## DCO
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Additionally we require a Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO), look
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at [CONTRIBUTING.md][contributing] to learn more how to sign your commits.
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[contributing]: ../.github/CONTRIBUTING.md#sign-your-work
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