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Benjamin Bentmann commented on MNG-4680:
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Hint: The art is to report concerns to the right address.
This issue tracker (MNG) is for the Maven core distribution as available from
the download site. The Maven core is basically nothing more than a framework
for build plugins. What files go into an artifact and what artifacts/files get
deployed to repositories is for the most part a matter of the plugins being
employed.
bq. the licence file was packaged properly in the bundle but it was never
included in the central repository
So, if you have an issue with the contents of the central repository and its
maintenance, you can try filling an issue in MEV or contact
repo-maintain...@maven.apache.org.
bq. Yet, the Maven distribution system doesn't actually enable adequate
redistribution of the licences
You can include license files inside your artifacts or attach them as secondary
artifacts, so I can't follow your reasoning in this regard.
> 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
> Assignee: Benjamin Bentmann
> 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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