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Sylwester Lachiewicz commented on THRIFT-6205:
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[PR #3828|https://github.com/apache/thrift/pull/3828] removes both blocks and
the now-unreferenced {{doc/licenses/otp-base-license.txt}}.
> Remove the stale MIT attribution for the removed Erlang makefile from LICENSE
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> Key: THRIFT-6205
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/THRIFT-6205
> Project: Thrift
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Documentation
> Reporter: Sylwester Lachiewicz
> Priority: Minor
> Time Spent: 10m
> Remaining Estimate: 0h
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> LICENSE carries an MIT attribution for {{lib/erl/src/Makefile.am}}:
> {noformat}
> --------------------------------------------------
> Portions of the following files are licensed under the MIT License:
> lib/erl/src/Makefile.am
> Please see doc/otp-base-license.txt for the full terms of this license.
> {noformat}
> That file was removed by THRIFT-892 when the Erlang library moved to rebar,
> so the entry now attributes a third-party licence to nothing the distribution
> ships. The path it cites is wrong as well: the text lives at
> {{doc/licenses/otp-base-license.txt}}.
> {{debian/copyright}} carries the same block naming {{lib/erl/Makefile.am}}
> instead. That file exists but has always carried the standard ASF header, so
> the MIT claim never applied to it. THRIFT-5196 asked which licence governs
> the Erlang makefile; the answer is Apache 2.0, and this stale pair is what
> made the question ambiguous.
> No otp-base derived content remains anywhere in the tree, which leaves
> {{doc/licenses/otp-base-license.txt}} unreferenced once both blocks go.
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