Apache distributions need to include LICENSE.txt and NOTICE.txt in
top-level directories as well as in jar META-INF directories. Other
notices may be required as well (e.g., INCUBATOR-DISCLAIMER.txt,
README.txt). The jar plugin handles LICENSE.txt, but not NOTICE.txt;
the dist plugin handles both; the ant plugin handles neither. The end
result is that we need to use resource elements to get files other than
LICENSE.txt in to maven-generated jars, script to get
INCUBATOR-DISCLAIMER.txt and other notices into the distributions, and
we can't generate build.xml files that insert LICENSE.txt without
getting duplicate copies of this file in maven-generated jars (since you
need to add it as a resource to get the ant plugin to add it).
I submitted a patch (MPANT-23) to get the ant plugin to include
LICENSE.txt, but am now thinking that in all of these cases it might be
better to have these files specified in properties, defaulting to
current behavior. I tried to do this in a patch attached to MPDIST-20.
If others think that this is a good approach, I can submit patches to
the other plugins. WDYT?
Phil
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