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On 17/03/16 20:16, Rich Felker wrote:
> I think our community tends to dislike files which are 20+ lines of
> copyright/license comments followed by <10 lines of code. Whether
> there are situations where the file size makes a practical difference,
> I don't know. One observation: on a standard-size terminal it's likely
> you wouldn't seen _any_ code on the first page with a full-license
> comment header.

Using something along the lines of http://spdx.org/licenses/ would be
acceptable?

I'm not 100% convinced about it myself but might be a good idea in the end.

> 
> Rich
>