refactor: Remove unnecessary copyright notices already covered by LICENSE.md

.github/scripts/rename/README.md

@@ -19,3 +19,12 @@ run from the repository root.
 1. `.github/scripts/rename/definitions.sh`: This script will rename all
    definitions, such as include guards, from `RIPPLE_XXX` and `RIPPLED_XXX` to
    `XRPL_XXX`.
+2. `.github/scripts/rename/copyright.sh`: This script will remove superflous
+   copyright notices.
+
+You can run all these scripts from the repository root as follows:
+
+```shell
+./.github/scripts/rename/definitions.sh .
+./.github/scripts/rename/copyright.sh .
+```

.github/scripts/rename/copyright.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Exit the script as soon as an error occurs.
+set -e
+
+# On MacOS, ensure that GNU sed is installed and available as `gsed`.
+SED_COMMAND=sed
+if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
+  if ! command -v gsed &> /dev/null; then
+      echo "Error: gsed is not installed. Please install it using 'brew install gnu-sed'."
+      exit 1
+  fi
+  SED_COMMAND=gsed
+fi
+
+# This script removes superflous copyright notices in source and header files in
+# this project. Specifically, it removes all notices referencing Ripple, XRPLF,
+# and certain individual contributors upon mutual agreement, so the one in the
+# LICENSE.md file applies throughout. Copyright notices referencing external
+# contributions, e.g. from Bitcoin, remain as-is.
+# Usage: bin/rename/copyright.sh <directory>
+
+if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 <directory>"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Prevent sed and echo from removing newlines and tabs in string literals by
+# temporarily replacing them with placeholders. This only affects one file.
+PLACEHOLDER_NEWLINE="__NEWLINE__"
+PLACEHOLDER_TAB="__TAB__"
+${SED_COMMAND} -i -E "s@\\\n@${PLACEHOLDER_NEWLINE}@g" src/test/rpc/ValidatorInfo_test.cpp
+${SED_COMMAND} -i -E "s@\\\t@${PLACEHOLDER_TAB}@g" src/test/rpc/ValidatorInfo_test.cpp
+
+# Process the include/ and src/ directories.
+DIRECTORIES=("include" "src")
+for DIRECTORY in "${DIRECTORIES[@]}"; do
+  DIRECTORY=$1/${DIRECTORY}
+  echo "Processing directory: ${DIRECTORY}"
+  if [ ! -d "${DIRECTORY}" ]; then
+      echo "Error: Directory '${DIRECTORY}' does not exist."
+      exit 1
+  fi
+
+  find "${DIRECTORY}" -type f \( -name "*.h" -o -name "*.hpp" -o -name "*.ipp" -o -name "*.cpp" -o -name "*.macro" \) | while read -r FILE; do
+      echo "Processing file: ${FILE}"
+      # Handle the cases where the copyright notice is enclosed in /* ... */
+      # and usually surrounded by //---- and //======.
+      ${SED_COMMAND} -z -i -E 's@^//-------+\n+@@' "${FILE}"
+      ${SED_COMMAND} -z -i -E 's@^.*Copyright.+(Ripple|Bougalis|Falco|Hinnant|Null|Ritchford|XRPLF).+PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE\.\n\*/\n+@@' "${FILE}"
+      ${SED_COMMAND} -z -i -E 's@^//=======+\n+@@' "${FILE}"
+
+      # Handle the cases where the copyright notice is commented out with //.
+      ${SED_COMMAND} -z -i -E 's@^//\n// Copyright.+Falco \(vinnie dot falco at gmail dot com\)\n//\n+@@' "${FILE}"
+  done
+done
+
+# Restore copyright notices that were removed from specific files, without
+# restoring the verbiage that is already present in LICENSE.md. Ensure that if
+# the script is run multiple times, duplicate notices are not added.
+if ! grep -q 'Raw Material Software' include/xrpl/beast/core/CurrentThreadName.h; then
+  echo -e "// Portions of this file are from JUCE (http://www.juce.com).\n// Copyright (c) 2013 - Raw Material Software Ltd.\n// Please visit http://www.juce.com\n\n$(cat include/xrpl/beast/core/CurrentThreadName.h)" > include/xrpl/beast/core/CurrentThreadName.h
+fi
+if ! grep -q 'Dev Null' src/test/app/NetworkID_test.cpp; then
+  echo -e "// Copyright (c) 2020 Dev Null Productions\n\n$(cat src/test/app/NetworkID_test.cpp)" > src/test/app/NetworkID_test.cpp
+fi
+if ! grep -q 'Dev Null' src/test/app/tx/apply_test.cpp; then
+  echo -e "// Copyright (c) 2020 Dev Null Productions\n\n$(cat src/test/app/tx/apply_test.cpp)" > src/test/app/tx/apply_test.cpp
+fi
+if ! grep -q 'Dev Null' src/test/app/NetworkOPs_test.cpp; then
+  echo -e "// Copyright (c) 2020 Dev Null Productions\n\n$(cat src/test/app/NetworkOPs_test.cpp)" > src/test/app/NetworkOPs_test.cpp
+fi
+if ! grep -q 'Dev Null' src/test/rpc/ManifestRPC_test.cpp; then
+  echo -e "// Copyright (c) 2020 Dev Null Productions\n\n$(cat src/test/rpc/ManifestRPC_test.cpp)" > src/test/rpc/ManifestRPC_test.cpp
+fi
+if ! grep -q 'Dev Null' src/test/rpc/ValidatorInfo_test.cpp; then
+  echo -e "// Copyright (c) 2020 Dev Null Productions\n\n$(cat src/test/rpc/ValidatorInfo_test.cpp)" > src/test/rpc/ValidatorInfo_test.cpp
+fi
+if ! grep -q 'Dev Null' src/xrpld/rpc/handlers/DoManifest.cpp; then
+  echo -e "// Copyright (c) 2019 Dev Null Productions\n\n$(cat src/xrpld/rpc/handlers/DoManifest.cpp)" > src/xrpld/rpc/handlers/DoManifest.cpp
+fi
+if ! grep -q 'Dev Null' src/xrpld/rpc/handlers/ValidatorInfo.cpp; then
+  echo -e "// Copyright (c) 2019 Dev Null Productions\n\n$(cat src/xrpld/rpc/handlers/ValidatorInfo.cpp)" > src/xrpld/rpc/handlers/ValidatorInfo.cpp
+fi
+if ! grep -q 'Bougalis' include/xrpl/basics/SlabAllocator.h; then
+  echo -e "// Copyright (c) 2022, Nikolaos D. Bougalis <nikb@bougalis.net>\n\n$(cat include/xrpl/basics/SlabAllocator.h)" > include/xrpl/basics/SlabAllocator.h
+fi
+if ! grep -q 'Bougalis' include/xrpl/basics/spinlock.h; then
+  echo -e "// Copyright (c) 2022, Nikolaos D. Bougalis <nikb@bougalis.net>\n\n$(cat include/xrpl/basics/spinlock.h)" > include/xrpl/basics/spinlock.h
+fi
+if ! grep -q 'Bougalis' include/xrpl/basics/tagged_integer.h; then
+  echo -e "// Copyright (c) 2014, Nikolaos D. Bougalis <nikb@bougalis.net>\n\n$(cat include/xrpl/basics/tagged_integer.h)" > include/xrpl/basics/tagged_integer.h
+fi
+if ! grep -q 'Ritchford' include/xrpl/beast/utility/Zero.h; then
+  echo -e "// Copyright (c) 2014, Tom Ritchford <tom@swirly.com>\n\n$(cat include/xrpl/beast/utility/Zero.h)" > include/xrpl/beast/utility/Zero.h
+fi
+
+# Restore newlines and tabs in string literals in the affected file.
+${SED_COMMAND} -i -E "s@${PLACEHOLDER_NEWLINE}@\\\n@g" src/test/rpc/ValidatorInfo_test.cpp
+${SED_COMMAND} -i -E "s@${PLACEHOLDER_TAB}@\\\t@g" src/test/rpc/ValidatorInfo_test.cpp
+
+echo "Removal complete."

.github/scripts/rename/definitions.sh

@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+# Exit the script as soon as an error occurs.
+set -e
+
+# On MacOS, ensure that GNU sed is installed and available as `gsed`.
+SED_COMMAND=sed
+if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
+  if ! command -v gsed &> /dev/null; then
+      echo "Error: gsed is not installed. Please install it using 'brew install gnu-sed'."
+      exit 1
+  fi
+  SED_COMMAND=gsed
+fi
+
 # This script renames definitions, such as include guards, in this project.
 # Specifically, it renames "RIPPLED_XXX" and "RIPPLE_XXX" to "XRPL_XXX" by
 # scanning all cmake, header, and source files in the specified directory and
@@ -20,12 +33,10 @@ fi
 
 find "${DIRECTORY}" -type f \( -name "*.h" -o -name "*.hpp" -o -name "*.ipp" -o -name "*.cpp" \) | while read -r FILE; do
     echo "Processing file: ${FILE}"
-    sed -i'.bak' -E 's@#(define|endif|if|ifdef|ifndef)(.*)(RIPPLED_|RIPPLE_)([A-Z0-9_]+)@#\1\2XRPL_\4@g' "${FILE}"
-    rm "${FILE}.bak"
+    ${SED_COMMAND} -i -E 's@#(define|endif|if|ifdef|ifndef)(.*)(RIPPLED_|RIPPLE_)([A-Z0-9_]+)@#\1\2XRPL_\4@g' "${FILE}"
 done
 find "${DIRECTORY}" -type f \( -name "*.cmake" -o -name "*.txt" \) | while read -r FILE; do
     echo "Processing file: ${FILE}"
-    sed -i'.bak' -E 's@(RIPPLED_|RIPPLE_)([A-Z0-9_]+)@XRPL_\2@g' "${FILE}"
-    rm "${FILE}.bak"
+    ${SED_COMMAND} -i -E 's@(RIPPLED_|RIPPLE_)([A-Z0-9_]+)@XRPL_\2@g' "${FILE}"
 done
 echo "Renaming complete."

.github/workflows/reusable-check-rename.yml

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@08eba0b27e820071cde6df949e0beb9ba4906955 # v4.3.0
       - name: Check definitions
         run: .github/scripts/rename/definitions.sh .
+      - name: Check copyright notices
+        run: .github/scripts/rename/copyright.sh .
       - name: Check for differences
         env:
           MESSAGE: |

LICENSE.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ISC License
 
 Copyright (c) 2011, Arthur Britto, David Schwartz, Jed McCaleb, Vinnie Falco, Bob Way, Eric Lombrozo, Nikolaos D. Bougalis, Howard Hinnant.
-Copyright (c) 2012-2020, the XRP Ledger developers.
+Copyright (c) 2012-2025, the XRP Ledger developers.
 
 Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
 purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above