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Even though the jar file includes a link to http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt, the link is not a copy as the link might become inaccessible, so the recipients might fail to receive "a copy of the License".
I suggest including the license file as META-INF/LICENSE.
The current release jars miss
META-INF/LICENSE
.For instance, see https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/google/guava/guava/31.1-jre/ -> guava-31.1-jre.jar
The license requires to give a copy of the license when redistributing the software:
Even though the jar file includes a link to http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt, the link is not a copy as the link might become inaccessible, so the recipients might fail to receive "a copy of the License".
I suggest including the license file as
META-INF/LICENSE
.By the way, Google Guice does include the license (Apache-2.0) as
META-INF/LICENSE
: https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/google/inject/guice/5.1.0/Just in case, here's the opinion of the Apache Software Foundation: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-642
Originally posted by @vlsi in google/guava#6468
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