Hum, I just got around to trying this plugin. I got exactly *zero *licenses in the created output licenses folder. Are you sure this plugin scans transitive dependencies?
I see a list of WARNING it generates for those it cannot find valid licenses but I have many more dependencies than this list...so either those it didn't have a problem with or those it didn't even bother to try with. I'm assuming the later as I have no licenses in the output folder. Any ideas? -Dave 2009/6/24 Stevo Slavić <ssla...@gmail.com> > I don't think so, but I believe I've explained pretty much everything about > it. I found about it from > this<https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/JBBUILD-477>task in JBoss > JIRA. From there I followed a link to plugin source code. The plugin > mojo class< > https://anonsvn.jboss.org/repos/maven/plugins/jboss/trunk/maven-jboss-license-plugin/src/main/java/org/jboss/maven/plugins/license/DownloadLicensesMojo.java > >is > really simple one, every Java developer should be able to read it > easily. > Plugin only has a single download-liceses goal, by default bound to > generate-resources phase, and I've mentioned both parameters > (outputDirectory, and quiet) in the earlier example. In the mojo class > source you can see how downloaded license file gets it's name (see > getLicenseFileName method). > > Regards, > Stevo. > > 2009/6/24 Todd Thiessen <thies...@nortel.com> > > > Thats good to know Stevo. Thanks. > > > > Is there a site which describes this plugin and its goals? > > > > --- > > Todd Thiessen > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Stevo Slavic [mailto:ssla...@gmail.com] > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 2:34 AM > > > To: Maven Users List > > > Subject: Re: How does maven handle artifact's license files? > > > > > > It scans through your project's dependencies, looks for > > > licenses definitions, and tries to download them (based on > > > given license URL) into a destination you designate via > > > outputDirectory parameter (defaults to > > > ${project.build.directory}/licenses). It can do the license > > > scanning/downloading quietly (defaults to false), not to > > > report warnings if license can not be found or downloaded. To > > > automatically embed downloaded licenses into your jar or war > > > you can use build helper plugin or assembly plugin - wish > > > jar/war plugins were enough. > > > > > > As already stated, problem is that many library vendors don't > > > include the license info in artefact pom's, but also many > > > include it in their own special way, so you will e.g. get > > > multiple differently named Apache 2 licenses, invalid URL's, > > > or BSD license template library vendor failed to customize, ... > > > > > > Regards, > > > Stevo. > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 4:35 AM, David Hoffer > > > <dhoff...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > What does the maven-jboss-license-plugin do? > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Stevo Slavić > > > <ssla...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > ... > > > > > <pluginRepositories> > > > > > ... > > > > > <pluginRepository> > > > > > <id>repository.jboss.org</id> > > > > > <url>http://repository.jboss.org/maven2</url> > > > > > <releases> > > > > > <enabled>true</enabled> > > > > > </releases> > > > > > <snapshots> > > > > > <enabled>false</enabled> > > > > > </snapshots> > > > > > </pluginRepository> > > > > > ... > > > > > </pluginRepositories> > > > > > ... > > > > > <build> > > > > > ... > > > > > <plugins> > > > > > ... > > > > > <plugin> > > > > > <groupId>org.jboss.maven.plugins</groupId> > > > > > <artifactId>maven-jboss-license-plugin</artifactId> > > > > > <version>1.0.0</version> > > > > > <executions> > > > > > <execution> > > > > > <id>download-licenses</id> > > > > > <phase>generate-resources</phase> > > > > > <goals> > > > > > <goal>download-licenses</goal> > > > > > </goals> > > > > > <configuration> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/generated-resources/licens > > > > es</outputDirectory> > > > > > <quiet>false</quiet> > > > > > </configuration> > > > > > </execution> > > > > > </executions> > > > > > </plugin> > > > > > ... > > > > > </plugins> > > > > > ... > > > > > </build> > > > > > ... > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > Stevo. > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 8:57 PM, David Hoffer <dhoff...@gmail.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > The report does show a list of known licenses and which > > > artifact > > > > > > is associated with each. However most just say Unknown (likely > > > > > > because > > > > like > > > > > > you say the pom is missing the information). > > > > > > > > > > > > However this doesn't help the end product, that is, it > > > doesn't do > > > > > > what > > > > > the > > > > > > license says is needed...rather its just an > > > informational report. > > > > > > > > > > > > For instance, for the apache license, doesn't a copy of the > > > > > > license > > > > have > > > > > to > > > > > > come with the product/application? I thought I heard, > > > some time > > > > > > ago, > > > > > that > > > > > > maven was working on automating this just like they do > > > for runtime > > > > > > artifacts. > > > > > > > > > > > > -Dave > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Todd Thiessen > > > > > > <thies...@nortel.com> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > The dependencies report show all transitive licenses that your > > > > project > > > > > > > uses. I believe this report is part of the default maven site > > > > > > > generation. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Of course if artifacts don't have any license information in > > > > > > > their > > > > pom, > > > > > > > no information will be shown in the report. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > > > > > Todd Thiessen > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > > > From: David Hoffer [mailto:dhoff...@gmail.com] > > > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 2:40 PM > > > > > > > > To: Maven Users List > > > > > > > > Subject: How does maven handle artifact's license files? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Does maven have support for tracking license files my > > > > > > > > dependent artifacts may have and doing something with these > > > > > > > > files, such as installing with my > > > product/application? If so, how? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (Ideally I want to deploy license docs with each > > > artifact that > > > > > > > > needs one (ideally public artifacts should already have > > > > > > > > this) then I want to include all these in a > > > specific location > > > > > > > > in my war.) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -Dave > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > ----- To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > > users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > > > > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@maven.apache.org > > > > >
