版权声明的位置和格式是否相关？

Question

我见过的每一个软件都包含版本声明在文件的开头，并且有很多评论。因此，您必须向下滚动才能看到代码，这有点烦人，特别是代码本身非常短时。

我认为将版权声明保留在文件底部并将所有子句加入单行（或几行）会更好。这只是为了解决正式的问题。易于阅读的版本可在LICENSE文件中找到。

但是到目前为止我还没有见过这样的做法。这只是一个部落习俗还是有原因呢？

编辑：这里是<列表>从GNU STL库为例：

// <list> -*- C++ -*- 

// Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 
// 
// This file is part of the GNU ISO C++ Library. This library is free 
// software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the 
// terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the 
// Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) 
// any later version. 

// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the 
// GNU General Public License for more details. 

// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along 
// with this library; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free 
// Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, 
// USA. 

// As a special exception, you may use this file as part of a free software 
// library without restriction. Specifically, if other files instantiate 
// templates or use macros or inline functions from this file, or you compile 
// this file and link it with other files to produce an executable, this 
// file does not by itself cause the resulting executable to be covered by 
// the GNU General Public License. This exception does not however 
// invalidate any other reasons why the executable file might be covered by 
// the GNU General Public License. 

/* 
* 
* Copyright (c) 1994 
* Hewlett-Packard Company 
* 
* Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute and sell this software 
* and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, 
* provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and 
* that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear 
* in supporting documentation. Hewlett-Packard Company makes no 
* representations about the suitability of this software for any 
* purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty. 
* 
* 
* Copyright (c) 1996,1997 
* Silicon Graphics Computer Systems, Inc. 
* 
* Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute and sell this software 
* and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, 
* provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and 
* that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear 
* in supporting documentation. Silicon Graphics makes no 
* representations about the suitability of this software for any 
* purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty. 
*/ 

/** @file list 
* This is a Standard C++ Library header. You should @C#include this header 
* in your programs, rather than any of the "st[dl]_*.h" implementation files. 
*/ 

#ifndef _GLIBCXX_LIST 
#define _GLIBCXX_LIST 1 

#pragma GCC system_header 

#include <bits/functexcept.h> 
#include <bits/stl_algobase.h> 
#include <bits/allocator.h> 
#include <bits/stl_construct.h> 
#include <bits/stl_uninitialized.h> 
#include <bits/stl_list.h> 

#ifndef _GLIBCXX_EXPORT_TEMPLATE 
# include <bits/list.tcc> 
#endif 

#ifdef _GLIBCXX_DEBUG 
# include <debug/list> 
#endif 

#endif /* _GLIBCXX_LIST */ 

Answer 1

虽然它不一定是一个自定义或要求，标准往往决定了意见应进行任何代码的定义。以NDOC notation为例。

对于版权，您通常希望人们在继续使用您的代码之前先阅读它（EULA始终显示在安装程序的开头处）。如果版权声明放在代码定义的底部，很可能会被忽略。

Answer 2

如果你把在文件开头的版权评论，当有人打开文件（如果谁打开文件不使用自动进入上次访问行的编辑）的版权声明是可见的。如果版权评论被放置在文件的底部，那么人们需要滚动直到结束才能看到版权，这是有人应该有兴趣看到的第一件事。