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Bug 163029

Summary:	project.license not being read in Python templates
Product:	python	Reporter:	jwhonce <jwhonce>
Component:	Platform	Assignee:	ardavis26 <ardavis26>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	blocker	CC:	Jenselme
Priority:	P3
Version:	7.1
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
URL:	http://platform.netbeans.org/tutorials/60/nbm-filetemplates.html#license
Issue Type:	DEFECT	Exception Reporter:

Description jwhonce 2009-04-19 02:49:29 UTC

Python templates don't honor the project.license property setting. They always use the value of "default". The
workaround given below for Ruby templates works for Python as well.

Copied from Issue # 148285 Re: Ruby templates. 

According to http://platform.netbeans.org/tutorials/60/nbm-filetemplates.html#license, I should be able to set
project.license in the project.properties file to make the template include a different license than the default.

I have followed the instructions in the above tutorial for a Java project and see that it works. When I try it with Ruby
templates, the project.license is never read and the license is always the default. If I have the template print out
project.license it prints "default" and not "ruby".

Workaround: replace ${project.license} with ${license} and put 
license=ruby in the User Configuration Properties > User.properties template.

However, if you are sharing the project, this won't affect other uses. There should be a way to set the license for a
project.

Comment 1 MindDrive 2010-07-28 07:30:49 UTC

A little over a year later and this issue seems to still exist (I ran a truss on the running NetBeans process and noticed that while the project.properties file was opened, it was never read).  Has anyone looked into a fix for this yet, possibly?

Comment 2 alesak 2011-06-12 15:34:44 UTC

I have the same problem with Java Class template with current NB DEV version.

project.license property in project.properties file is not used and default license is applied.

Comment 3 Jenselme 2017-06-22 22:13:50 UTC

Sadly this is still a thing.