ring:applying-licenses

License Management

When to use

• User requests to set, apply, or switch a license on a repository
• Scaffolding a new service from the boilerplate
• Task mentions "license", "licensing", "license header", "Apache 2.0", "ELv2", "proprietary"
• Gate 0 of dev-cycle when no LICENSE file exists

Skip when

• Repository already has requested license AND all headers match AND SPDX is correct (verified)
• Non-code repositories (documentation-only, design assets)

Related

Complementary: ring:running-dev-cycle, ring:implementing-tasks

You orchestrate. Agents update source headers. NEVER apply a license without user confirmation.

License Types

License	SPDX	Use Case
Apache 2.0	Apache-2.0	Open source
Elastic License v2	Elastic-2.0	Source-available products
Proprietary	LicenseRef-Proprietary	Internal/closed repositories

Header Templates

Apache 2.0 — Go

// Copyright (c) {YEAR} {COPYRIGHT_HOLDER}
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// You may obtain a copy of the License at
//
//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.

Elastic License v2 — Go

// Copyright (c) {YEAR} {COPYRIGHT_HOLDER}
// Use of this source code is governed by the Elastic License 2.0
// that can be found in the LICENSE file.

Proprietary — Go

// Copyright (c) {YEAR} {COPYRIGHT_HOLDER}. All rights reserved.
// This source code is proprietary and confidential.
// Unauthorized copying of this file is strictly prohibited.

TypeScript: wrap the same text in /** ... */.