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Do you have to include a license notice with every file?
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see . And GNU projects which are FSF owned, like GCC, have such a notice in every file.
Where to put copyright notices in source code?
If you license or otherwise distribute your source code you should, at a minimum include a copyright notice on the first and last page. Even better, include a notice on every page. Also place a copyright notice on the first page, and liberally sprinkle notices throughout the remainder of the code.
Do you put license in each code file?
Assuming you are talking about licensing, not a EULA, you can put the license outside. This is almost always done with really long licenses such as the GPL. It would be silly to put the entire GPL license in every file. Usually you would just have some type of notice saying where you can find the actual license.
Where do I put a copy of the GNU license?
You should also include a copy of the license itself somewhere in the distribution of your program. All programs, whether they are released under the GPL or LGPL, should include the text version of the GPL. In GNU programs we conventionally put the license in a file called COPYING.
Where do I put the license for my program?
Put all the copyright notices for a file together, right near the top of the file. You should also include a copy of the license itself somewhere in the distribution of your program. All programs, whether they are released under the GPL or LGPL, should include the text version of the GPL.
What kind of license do I need for my software?
This is a brief explanation of how to place a program under the GNU General Public License, GNU Lesser General Public License, or GNU Affero General Public License. For the GNU Free Documentation License, we have a separate page. For further information, see our list of frequently asked questions about our licenses.