Assuming that you only need to the 3rd party jar (no modifications to source), one can upload it to maven central on their behalf (option 3)- Instructions here: https://docs.sonatype.org/display/Repository/Uploading+3rd-party+Artifacts+to+The+Central+Repository
Essentially, you just need to create a bundle that contains the jar, src, and some meta info. --Pei > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Miller [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 2:56 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: best way to include old software > > Hello, > I want to use some classes from a BSD-licensed software called JaSpell > (http://jaspell.sourceforge.net/). It looks like it hasn't been maintained in > a > bit (2010). It is not in Maven central, so should I: > > 1) Include jars in a lib directory and check in to ctakes svn > 2) Copy over the source files I need (to allow for possible maintenance) > 3) Put into maven myself (don't know how to do this) > 4) ? > > Tim
