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<p>
    Glass.Mapper is licensed using the Apache 2 license, please read the license file found in the root of the
    <a href="https://github.com/mikeedwards83/Glass.Mapper">Github repo</a>.
</p>

<h2>Copyright Scripts</h2>
<p>
    This sections details the different copyright scripts in the solution. Each script allows you to apply
    the Apache 2 license to the top of the files in the solution. The scripts should be run from the PowerShell 
    console from the directory containing the scripts. When running the scripts it is best to close Visual Studio,
    sometimes running the scripts with Visual Studio open will corrupt the file due to competing file locks.
</p>

<p>
    You can read more about the Apache 2 boiler plate on the <a href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html#apply">Apache 2 License Page</a>
</p>
<h3>Files</h3>
<p>
    Files can be found in the directory /Powershell/Copyright. They are also included as part of the solution.
</p>
<dl>
    <dt>copyright-cs.ps1</dt>
    <dd>Applies the copyright notice to "CS" files.</dd>
</dl>
<h3>Script Files</h3>
<p>
    This section details the important parts of the script files.
</p>
<p>
    The boiler plate text must appear at the top of the file.
</p>
<p>
    The text to insert into the file is stored in the <strong>$header</strong> variable. You will notice that all
    the licenses end with the characters <string>-CRE-</string>, these letters mark the end of the copyright notice
    and are used by the script to work out which content to replace.
</p>
<p>The <strong>$extension</strong> variable indicates which file extension the script will process.</p>