---
name: "notice"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "licenseutils"
version: "0.0.9-8"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/notice"
---

# notice(1)

a utility for writing license notices to source files.

## 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.