# We need a NOTICE.md file for openmrs-core (TRUNK-5406)

**URL:** <https://talk.openmrs.org/t/we-need-a-notice-md-file-for-openmrs-core-trunk-5406/18170>\
**Category:** Community\
**Created:** [May 24, 2018, 9:02pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/we-need-a-notice-md-file-for-openmrs-core-trunk-5406/18170 "2018-05-24T21:02:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![burke](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/burke/32/17_2.png) [@burke](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/burke)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2018, 9:02pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/we-need-a-notice-md-file-for-openmrs-core-trunk-5406/18170/1 "2018-05-24T21:02:48Z")

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During the discussion about [Apply for DIAL OSC Catalytic Grant? (May 2018)](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/apply-for-dial-osc-catalytic-grant-may-2018/17929), while reviewing the checklist for submissions, I noticed that, despite referencing a NOTICE file in the [Terms of Service page of Talk](https://talk.openmrs.org/tos), we do not yet have a NOTICE file in [openmrs-core](https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-core).

I created a ticket: [Add NOTICE to openmrs-core (TRUNK-5406](https://issues.openmrs.org/browse/TRUNK-5406)). It would be good to get README/CONTRIBUTING/NOTICE files in all modules as well, but the NOTICE for openmrs-core is higher priority since it is required for the DIAL Open Source Center grant (due soon).

I did some googling for a NOTICE (aka NOTICE.txt or NOTICE.md) template and found some information from Apache’s policies, but didn’t see an obvious tutorial on how it should be formatted.

**If someone could take on TRUNK-5406 (do a little due diligence and submit here, on the ticket, or in a pull request a draft NOTICE.md file for core), it would be greatly appreciated.** 🙂

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**Author:** ![dkayiwa](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/dkayiwa/32/179_2.png) [@dkayiwa](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/dkayiwa)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2018, 7:53pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/we-need-a-notice-md-file-for-openmrs-core-trunk-5406/18170/2 "2018-05-29T19:53:38Z")

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Because the grant is due soon, i have created a starter at: [https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-core/blob/master/NOTICE.md](https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-core/blob/master/NOTICE.md)

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**Author:** ![burke](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/burke/32/17_2.png) [@burke](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/burke)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 1:17pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/we-need-a-notice-md-file-for-openmrs-core-trunk-5406/18170/3 "2018-05-30T13:17:08Z")

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> [@dkayiwa](#):
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> Because the grant is due soon, i have created a starter at: [https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-core/blob/master/NOTICE.md](https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-core/blob/master/NOTICE.md)

Nice. Where did you get this starter?

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**Author:** ![dkayiwa](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/dkayiwa/32/179_2.png) [@dkayiwa](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/dkayiwa)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 1:33pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/we-need-a-notice-md-file-for-openmrs-core-trunk-5406/18170/4 "2018-05-30T13:33:49Z")

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I generated the contents using the mvn site command.