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You will retain copyright as the original author of any code that you write and contribute to the Archivematica project. This is recognized in the COPYRIGHT file that is distributed with the Archivematica code. However, in order to integrate your code into Archivematica, you need to release it under the same GPLv2 license which applies to the rest of the Archivematica project. To do so, please follow these instructions,

If you are making a bug fix or enhancement to an existing file, simply add your name as one of the authors in the file header,

/**
 * Run and report on virus scan
 *
 * @package archivematica
 * @author Austin Trask <austing@artefactual.com>
 * @author Peter Van Garderen <peter@artefactual.com>
 * @author YourNameHere <youremail@address>
 * @version svn: $Id$
 */

If you're contributing a new file, you need to add the following license header at the very top of the file. Copy both sections, in full, exactly as it is written here, filling in the information where indicated in bold,

/*
 * This file is part of Archivematica.
 *
 * Archivematica 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 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * Archivematica 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 Archivematica.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

/**
 * description of what your new file does
 *
 * @package archivematica
 * @subpackage name of Archivematica module or component to which your file contributes
 * @author YourNameHere <youremail@address>
 * @version svn: $Id:$
 */