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[jira] Commented: (MNG-1331) dealing with licenses
[ http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-1331?page=comments#action_49295 ]
Joerg Schaible commented on MNG-1331:
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You may also have a look at the javaapp plugin for M1. This one collects META-INF/LICENSE.txt files of the assembled jars as META-INF/<artifactName>-LICENSE.txt.
> dealing with licenses
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> Key: MNG-1331
> URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MNG-1331
> Project: Maven 2
> Type: New Feature
> Versions: 2.0
> Reporter: Jorg Heymans
> Priority: Minor
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> maven could offer a configurable way to include project licenses in the jar, briefly discussed on IRC today
> jorg does m2 have anything built-in to deal with library licenses ? just wondering ...
> kenney <license> tag in the pom is all I think
> jorg ah yep, i knew I saw something about it somewhere, tnx kenney
> kenney and just distribute poms for non-freely-distributable jars (like the sun ones), stating where you can download/purchase them
> jorg mmm "Typically the licenses listed for the project are that of the project itself, and not of dependencies."
> jorg ok so unless all our dependencies are good maven citizens this won't really work ...
> jorg no prob, we'll just include them ourselves then
> kenney do you have to?
> kenney if people distribute a jar/pom without a license, it's their fault
> jorg well we (cocoon) have always done so
> jorg that's true though , it's up to them to include them
> trygvis I think people are a bit slack when it comes to adding that information
> jorg definitely
> kenney what about the bundle upload system?
> jorg that's why i was hoping for maven to be able enforce something
> trygvis we should probably start to enumerate the various licenses and give them IDs instead
> kenney bundles have to have a LICENSE file.. where does that go?
> trygvis not sure, ask carlos
> kenney yeah or maybe extend the license tag to name the license (ASL-2.0) and the online-url, or alternatively list the license content itself.. or just add a bla-X-LICENSE.txt on ibiblio per project
> jorg something like that yeah, and perhaps offering a configurable way of having the license file included in the jar ?
> jorg or is that a hairy legal thing maven shouldn't get into ?
> trygvis kenney: the name there (ASL-2.0) would be the id
> trygvis jorg: good idea
> jorg it would certainly advocate , albeit rather enforced, correct usage of libraries
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