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Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 17:27:19 +0100
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Subject: Re: Do the NOTICE and LICENSE files have to be at the top level of
 SCM?
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On 13 September 2013 17:02, Tim Williams <williamstw@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 3:11 AM, Kevan Miller <kevan.miller@gmail.com> wr=
ote:
>>
>> On Sep 12, 2013, at 9:33 AM, Stephen Connolly <stephen.alan.connolly@gma=
il.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The Maven PMCs current understanding is that the answer is no. These fi=
les need to be in the source distributions published on each project's dist=
 dir in the Apache web site.
>>
>> My answer would be yes, the files do need to be there.
>>
>> It seems like a very good practice to keep LICENSE/NOTICE files in obvio=
us places. It certainly seems helpful for our users=85 And yes, IMO, the fi=
les should be in both our source distributions and our svn. And, finally, I=
'd say that the most *obvious* place for these files is the root release po=
ints (e.g. branches/trunk directories) of the project.
>
> I wonder how it's helpful to users?  I don't see what an end user
> could infer from the LICENSE/NOTICE files since they apply only to a
> specific release artifact not the whole source tree (necessarily).

IMO they should apply to the source tree - as if it were a source release.

> Some projects maintain two sets - one for the binary convenience
> artifact and the other for the source release - and the files at the
> root of the tree are the default for one of the two, but only a dev
> knows which of the two:)

Again, if there are different N&L files for the binary artifacts,
those should be in a different folder and/or clearly distinguished as
belonging to the binary releases only.

> Don't get me wrong, I like them there, I'm just reacting to the
> "helpful to our users" bit because I think if a user feels they're
> helpful, then that user prolly doesn't understand something.

> --tim
>
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