Missing LICENSE file prevents package from being installed

$ mkdir thrift
$ cd thrift
$ cabal sandbox init
$ cabal install thrift==0.9.2
Resolving dependencies...
Notice: installing into a sandbox located at
[...]/thrift/.cabal-sandbox
Configuring thrift-0.9.2...
Building thrift-0.9.2...
Failed to install thrift-0.9.2
Build log ( [...]/thrift/.cabal-sandbox/logs/thrift-0.9.2.log ):
Configuring thrift-0.9.2...
Warning: The 'license-file' field refers to the file '../../LICENSE' which
does not exist.
Building thrift-0.9.2...
Preprocessing library thrift-0.9.2...
[ 1 of 14] Compiling Thrift.Transport.IOBuffer ( src/Thrift/Transport/IOBuffer.hs, dist/dist-sandbox-b6b86a31/build/Thrift/Transport/IOBuffer.o )
[ 2 of 14] Compiling Thrift.Arbitraries ( src/Thrift/Arbitraries.hs, dist/dist-sandbox-b6b86a31/build/Thrift/Arbitraries.o )
[ 3 of 14] Compiling Thrift.Types     ( src/Thrift/Types.hs, dist/dist-sandbox-b6b86a31/build/Thrift/Types.o )
[ 4 of 14] Compiling Thrift.Transport ( src/Thrift/Transport.hs, dist/dist-sandbox-b6b86a31/build/Thrift/Transport.o )
[ 5 of 14] Compiling Thrift.Protocol  ( src/Thrift/Protocol.hs, dist/dist-sandbox-b6b86a31/build/Thrift/Protocol.o )
[ 6 of 14] Compiling Thrift.Protocol.Binary ( src/Thrift/Protocol/Binary.hs, dist/dist-sandbox-b6b86a31/build/Thrift/Protocol/Binary.o )
[ 7 of 14] Compiling Thrift.Protocol.Compact ( src/Thrift/Protocol/Compact.hs, dist/dist-sandbox-b6b86a31/build/Thrift/Protocol/Compact.o )

src/Thrift/Protocol/Compact.hs:59:15: Warning:
    Literal 130 is out of the Int8 range -128..127

src/Thrift/Protocol/Compact.hs:62:15: Warning:
    Literal 224 is out of the Int8 range -128..127
[ 8 of 14] Compiling Thrift.Protocol.JSON ( src/Thrift/Protocol/JSON.hs, dist/dist-sandbox-b6b86a31/build/Thrift/Protocol/JSON.o )
[ 9 of 14] Compiling Thrift.Transport.Handle ( src/Thrift/Transport/Handle.hs, dist/dist-sandbox-b6b86a31/build/Thrift/Transport/Handle.o )
[10 of 14] Compiling Thrift.Transport.Empty ( src/Thrift/Transport/Empty.hs, dist/dist-sandbox-b6b86a31/build/Thrift/Transport/Empty.o )
[11 of 14] Compiling Thrift.Transport.Framed ( src/Thrift/Transport/Framed.hs, dist/dist-sandbox-b6b86a31/build/Thrift/Transport/Framed.o )
[12 of 14] Compiling Thrift.Transport.HttpClient ( src/Thrift/Transport/HttpClient.hs, dist/dist-sandbox-b6b86a31/build/Thrift/Transport/HttpClient.o )
[13 of 14] Compiling Thrift           ( src/Thrift.hs, dist/dist-sandbox-b6b86a31/build/Thrift.o )
[14 of 14] Compiling Thrift.Server    ( src/Thrift/Server.hs, dist/dist-sandbox-b6b86a31/build/Thrift/Server.o )
In-place registering thrift-0.9.2...
Creating package registration file:
/var/folders/w9/qpxdhlxd6xqc7nhhk0lrj_xc0000gn/T/pkgConf-thrift-0.917566.2
setup-Simple-Cabal-1.20.0.2-x86_64-osx-ghc-7.8.3: ../../LICENSE: does not
exist
cabal: Error: some packages failed to install:
thrift-0.9.2 failed during the final install step. The exception was:
ExitFailure 1