[IMPALA-2670] Add a LICENSE.txt top-level file.

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Impala 2.3.0
• Fix Version/s: Impala 2.7.0
• Component/s: Backend
• Target Version: Impala 2.8.0
• Assignee: Henry Robinson
• Reporter: Henry Robinson
• Created: 16/Nov/15 19:19
• Updated: 30/Oct/16 20:19
• Resolved: 28/Oct/16 04:35

Description

Impala should have a LICENSE.txt file that contains the name and license details of all dependent libraries. This is for good hygiene to ensure that we don't accidentally introduce incompatibly-licensed dependencies, and to allow users of Impala to more easily audit our dependencies.