NAME

       notice - a utility for writing license notices to source files.

SYNOPSIS

       notice [OPTION...] [FILE...]

DESCRIPTION

       The notice command is a simple way to add a boilerplate to a set of source-code files.  It
       is a wrapper script for the licensing program.

EXAMPLES

       The notice command is most often used like so:

              $ licensing notice -c 'Yoyo, Inc. 2001' -l gpl -s c -n *.[ch]
              apply: foo.c -> Boilerplate applied.
              apply: bar.c -> Boilerplate applied.
              apply: qux.c -> Boilerplate applied.
              apply: foo.h -> Boilerplate applied.

       This example applies the license  notice  for  the  latest  version  of  the  GPL  in  the
       C-commenting  style to all of the .c and .h files in the current directory.  The copyright
       holder is Yoyo, Inc, in the year 2001.

OPTIONS

       -n     Don't retain .bak backup files.

       -c NAME-AND-YEAR
              Specify the copyright holder and years. The syntax for copyright years  allows  for
              years  separated  by  a  comma, and also ranges of years separated by a hyphen.  In
              most shells, the argument for this option must be enclosed in single quotes.

       -l LICENSE
              Specify the license notice to  apply  to  the  source-code  files.   The  supported
              licenses  are:  gpl,  gplv3+,  gplv3,  gplv2+, gplv2, gplv1+, gplv1, lgpl, lgplv3+,
              lgplv3, lgplv2+, lgplv2, lgplv1+, lgplv1,  agpl,  agplv3+,  agplv3,  fdl,  fdlv13+,
              fdlv13,   fdlv12+,   fdlv12,  fdlv11+,  fdlv11,  all-permissive,  bsd,  bsd3clause,
              bsd2clause, apache, apachev2, mit, isc, mpl, mplv2, mplv1.1 and openbsd.

       -s COMMENTING-STYLE
              Specify the commenting style.  The supported commenting styles are: c, c++,  shell,
              scheme, texinfo, latex, m4, haskell, groff, gettext, fortran, and pascal.

       -?, --help
              Give a list the available options.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <https://sv.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=licenseutils>.

SEE ALSO

       The  full  documentation  for  notice  is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and
       licensing programs are properly installed at your site, the command

              info licenseutils notice

       will give you access to the complete documentation for the notice command.