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Ralph Goers resolved LOG4J2-309.
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Resolution: Fixed
Fix Version/s: 2.0-beta9
Assignee: Ralph Goers
Each jar and distribution zip now only has a single LICENSE and NOTICE file. In
addition the NOTICE file contains the information only required for the
specific jar or zip.
> Duplicate LICENSE & NOTICE files
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>
> Key: LOG4J2-309
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-309
> Project: Log4j 2
> Issue Type: Bug
> Reporter: Sebb
> Assignee: Ralph Goers
> Fix For: 2.0-beta9
>
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> The source archive apache-log4j-2.0-beta8-src.zip contains at the top-level:
> LICENSE
> LICENSE.txt
> NOTICE
> NOTICE.txt
> This is unnecessary and confusing.
> The two LICENSE files are similar, except that the Appendix in LICENSE.txt
> has been amended from
> Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner]
> to
> Copyright 1999-2005 The Apache Software Foundation
> That section of the license file should not be updated; it is a template for
> 3rd parties to use (and could probably be dropped as it is not part of the AL
> 2.0).
> The two NOTICE files are very different; NOTICE starts "Log4j Distribution";
> this is wrong, it should be "Apache Log4j" and the leading blank line should
> be dropped.
> NOTICE.txt starts OK, and has two attributions.
> Are these both required?
> See:
> http://www.apache.org/dev/licensing-howto.html#mod-notice
> Are you sure both notifications are required?
> Given the discrepancy with the other NOTICE file is very unclear what has
> happened here and what is correct.
> -Also, I cannot find any reference to Dumpster in the source archive; only
> included bits must be referenced in N&L files.- [Later] I see the source was
> copied to a new package
> It's not obvious in the binary archive either, but I suppose it could be
> hidden in one of the jars.
> The LICENSE.txt file in the binary archive has been modified same as in the
> source archive. Looks like an attempt to automate changing the NOTICE dates
> has failed and managed to mangle the LICENSE as well.
> It's vital that NOTICE files are as short as possible.
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