Adding a License to a Plug-in Module

With the creation of any software, there is often a need for that software to have a software license. NetBeans IDE support for creating plug-in modules allows you to add a license to the plug-in module that is being created. The Packaging panel of the module's Project Properties dialog box makes provision for this type of packaging information.

To add a license to a plug-in module:

1. Right-click the module project node and choose Properties.

2. In the Project Properties dialog box, click Packaging.

3. Specify the packaging information, such as the license and author details, as shown in Figure 17-11.

   Figure 17-11. Packaging a plug-in module

   

   Information specified in this panel is packaged with the NBM file, as described in the next section. And, when you make the plug-in module available via an Update Center, the information in this panel needs to be included in the autoupdate descriptor, which is described later in this chapter.