From 39cd4a436b4d141b6593bb048934ff87c55c1f19 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johannes Meyer <johannes.meyer@netways.de>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 12:50:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Allow empty license headers being applied to files

refs #6309
---
 bin/license_writer.py | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bin/license_writer.py b/bin/license_writer.py
index 5357961bb..c0b68701e 100755
--- a/bin/license_writer.py
+++ b/bin/license_writer.py
@@ -191,6 +191,9 @@ def get_license(type):
     try:
         return __LICENSE_STORE[type]
     except(KeyError):
+        if not LICENSE_DATA:
+            __LICENSE_STORE[type] = ''
+            return ''
         config = FILE_TYPE_CONFIG[type]
         license_data = []
         license_data.extend([''] * config['linesBefore'])
@@ -239,8 +242,9 @@ def replace_text(org_data, license_data):
             test = True
         elif SECTION_MARKER.search(line) and test == True:
             test = False
-            out += license_data
-            out += '\n'
+            if license_data:
+                out += license_data
+                out += '\n'
         elif test == True:
             continue