This proposes to organize license files by module in source, JMOD,
and run-time image.
A summary of the proposal:
1. Organize third party notices by module in the source as follows:
src/$MODULE/{share,$OS}/legal/*
The `legal` directory contains one file for each third party
library in the module, for example,
src/java.base/share/legal/asm.md
unicode.md
zlib.md
The proposed template for this file is described in [1] and JEP 201
will be updated to reflect this proposed source layout.
2. Introduce a new LEGAL_NOTICES section in JMOD format. A new jmod
option `—-legal-notices` is added to package legal notices in
a JMOD file.
3. At jlink time, jlink will copy all legal notices from JMOD files
to the `legal` directory in the run-time image. A plugin is
added to de-duplicate the legal notices if the filename and the
content matches that may reduce the image footprint.
4. THIRD_PARTY_README in the top-level directory of each repo is removed.
Manual edit to this file, multiple copies is no longer needed.
Webrev at:
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mchung/jdk9/webrevs/8169925/webrev.00/
Mandy
[1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8169925
