[QPID-5677] [Java] update the LICENSE and NOTICE files in various release artifacts

• Type: Task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Blocker
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.28
• Assignee: Robert Godfrey
• Reporter: Robbie Gemmell
• Created: 09/Apr/14 15:29
• Updated: 03/Jun/14 15:34
• Resolved: 13/Apr/14 14:18

Description

We currently ship a number of different artifacts for the Java components, such as the project-wide source release, a 'java release' binary, and individual binary archives for e.g. the clients and broker. These all contain LICENSE and NOTICE files. The jar files in those binary archives also count as distributions that themselves contain LICENSE and NOTICE files. This was all further complicated by us previously having jar files in the repository as part of the build process for some time (though removed a while ago).

During the work on QPID-5048 and updating how the various artifacts are created, and a lot of re-reading https://www.apache.org/dev/licensing-howto.html, it has become apparent that a number of the current artifacts contain extraneous information (particularly the source release and jar files, which often speak to things they do not contain), and some don't contain everything they should.

This JIRA will serve to add additional distribution-specific LICENSE and NOTICE files, as well as use those already added in QPID-5048, and update the way we package ensure the appropriate information is included in each package depending on its particular contents.