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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
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> 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
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> 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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