Please fix license distribution model
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Key: MNG-4680
URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-4680
Project: Maven 2 & 3
Issue Type: Bug
Components: Artifacts and Repositories
Reporter: Bruno Harbulot
Priority: Critical
Most OSS licences mandate the redistribution of the licence with the software
as a condition in the licence. A large number of projects, more particularly in
the central repository, are redistributed without any mechanism to redistribute
the licence correctly, thereby making the central repository be in breach of
those licences.
While there is a guideline in the "Introduction to the Standard Directory
Layout" [1] to put the LICENSE.txt and NOTICE.txt file in the root directory,
nothing seems to be done with them.
In addition:
- Since version 2.1 of the maven-repository-plugin, LICENSE.txt is no longer
included in the bundle created with repository:bundle-create.
- LICENSE.txt files in bundles uploaded via the JIRA/MAVENUPLOAD mechanism
don't seem to appear in the central repository.
Having <license>BSD</license> or <license>GPL</license> in the POM is not
enough.
(See related thread [2].)
[1]
http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-the-standard-directory-layout.html
[2]
http://markmail.org/thread/s5jsvatxbsynwajc#query:+page:1+mid:whtbsnnejszyad2h+state:results
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