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Re:Ask HN: Is there a standard for including license, attrib... by debacle on Wednesday May 02, 2012 @09:18AM (#3918865)
I include a URL to the license in every file, and the license as part of the codebase. I don't believe that's a standard, but it's what jQuery does:

http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.7.2.js

And it seems like a good balance between honoring the license and also keeping it out of the user's way.

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