Please bundle LICENSE file to the published jar artifacts

[vlsi]

org.jetbrains.lets-plot:plot-config-portable-jvm:2.2.0 says it is MIT-licensed, however,

1. It references an invalid license: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT. The thing is there's no generic text for MIT license, and the actual uses of MIT always customize copyright owner and copyright year, so all "MIT licenses" are different.

2. License text might vary over time (e.g. copyright owners might vary), so the ones who bundle MIT-licensed software need to carefully follow the exact license text for the particular version. For instance, if Apache JMeter bundles lets-plot, then MIT license requires that copyright notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. In other words, it requires to include the copy of the license with the appropriate copyright notice.

I would suggest including the license text as META-INF/LICENSE so the ones who consume (and redistribute) the jar know the license for the given artifact.

Here is the list of the artifacts without a corresponding license file:

• org.jetbrains.lets-plot:lets-plot-kotlin-jvm:3.1.0
• org.jetbrains.lets-plot:lets-plot-common:2.2.0
• org.jetbrains.lets-plot:plot-config-portable-jvm:2.2.0
• org.jetbrains.lets-plot:plot-builder-portable-jvm:2.2.0
• org.jetbrains.lets-plot:plot-base-portable-jvm:2.2.0
• org.jetbrains.lets-plot:plot-common-portable-jvm:2.2.0
• org.jetbrains.lets-plot:vis-svg-portable-jvm:2.2.0
• org.jetbrains.lets-plot:base-portable-jvm:2.2.0

[VDovidaytis-HORIS]

#490

[alshan]

Hi @vlsi,
The LICENSE file is now added to all jars. Please, check out the latest lets-plot v2.2.1 and lets-plot-kotlin v3.1.1.

[vlsi]

Thanks, 2.2.1 and 3.1.1 include the licenses indeed.