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authorKitzunu <24550914+Kitzunu@users.noreply.github.com>2021-10-13 00:12:10 +0200
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To make the files clean we use a standard format for new file headers.
-XXXX = start year
-YYYY = active year
-
-**Stand alone code from AzerothCore (No previous code from anyone):**
+**Standard header for all files:**
```cpp
/*
- * Copyright (C) 2016+ AzerothCore <www.azerothcore.org>, released under GNU AGPL v3 license, you may redistribute it and/or modify it under version 3 of the License, or (at your option), any later version.
+ * This file is part of the AzerothCore Project. See AUTHORS file for Copyright information
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the
+ * Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your
+ * option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program 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 Affero General Public License for
+ * more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
```
-**With previous code from external sources or developers:**
+**Code cherry-picked from other developers:**
-```cpp
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2016+ AzerothCore <www.azerothcore.org>, released under GNU GPL v3 license, you may redistribute it and/or modify it under version 3 of the License, or (at your option), any later version.
- * Copyright (C) XXXX-YYYY external-teamname <url>
- */
-```
+Make sure that the original author is present in the [AUTHORS](https://github.com/azerothcore/azerothcore-wotlk/blob/master/AUTHORS) file, otherwise that author needs to be added here. If the code comes from another organization then you just need to make sure that orgs name exists.