Hi Gerd, I've updated the copyright and license file patch to include handling of variables (attached). I also found that the Java file reader doesn't strip out the BOM marker at the beginning of the file, so I've added code to strip that if it appears. Using GMapTool, the license file displays fine whether or not there are embedded blank lines. No blank lines are shown in GMapTool whether they are stripped at initial read in the license file reader or not. Regards, Mike -----Original Message----- From: Andrzej Popowski [mailto:popej@poczta.onet.pl] Sent: 10 January 2017 03:42 To: mkgmap-dev@lists.mkgmap.org.uk Subject: Re: [mkgmap-dev] Copyright & License file reader improvements Hi Mike, it is a nice idea, some variables in license text would be useful. As for mkgmap version, this is a kind of information, that people usually won't put inside their license, but that can be useful when analyzing mkgmap problems. That's why I suggest to put it always, it won't take much space. -- Best regards, Andrzej