[jira] (MNG-4680) Please fix license distribution model

["Paul Benedict (JIRA)" <ji...@codehaus.org>]

     [ https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-4680?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Paul Benedict updated MNG-4680:
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    Fix Version/s:     (was: Issues to be reviewed for 3.x)

> Please fix license distribution model
> -------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: MNG-4680
>                 URL: https://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-4680
>             Project: Maven
>          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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