Saturday, December 17, 2005

Maven 2 - How To: Add LICENSE.txt

1) Add LICENSE.txt to the root directory of your project...

%YOUR_PROJECT% pom.xml
LICENSE.txt
src site ...

2) Copy your license into LICENSE.txt

3) Include the <licenses> element in the pom.xml...

%YOUR_PROJECT%\pom.xml:

<project>
...
<licenses>
<license>
<name>The Apache Software License, Version 2.0</name>
<url>LICENSE.txt</url>
</license>
</licenses>
</project>

4) Inculde project ${reports} in site.xml

%YOUR_PROJECT%\src\site\site.xml:

<project>
...
${reports}
</body>
</project>

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4 comments:

  1. taw24 March, 2008 23:28

    Three years after you posted this, let me say - thanks! This was useful information that I couldn't find elsewhere. I happened on your blog based on a Google search for "maven2 license file site.xml".


    -Tim

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  2. uday13 May, 2009 22:53

    Same here, This was very useful info. Thanks again.

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  3. Anonymous14 February, 2010 15:41

    Awesome, finally FINALLY I found it! Thank you very much.

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  4. Anonymous16 September, 2011 15:04

    Still useful nearly 6 years later!

    Thanks,

    - Greg

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