[llvm-dev] Ticket 46201 - Missing LLVM NOTICE file is making redistributing LLVM difficult

[Chris Lattner via llvm-dev]

Hi Jukka,

We discussed this with the LLVM Foundation board.  While we think there is high utility to providing such a NOTICES file, we don’t know of a way to keep it up to date, and don’t want to be providing incorrect information for such an important topic.

That said, the llvm/LICENSE.TXT checked into the code has this information about how to identify third party licenses in the code base.  I hope this is enough to help with your analysis.

==============================================================================
Software from third parties included in the LLVM Project:
==============================================================================
The LLVM Project contains third party software which is under different license
terms. All such code will be identified clearly using at least one of two
mechanisms:
1) It will be in a separate directory tree with its own `LICENSE.txt` or
   `LICENSE` file at the top containing the specific license and restrictions
   which apply to that software, or
2) It will contain specific license and restriction terms at the top of every
   file.

Thanks!

-Chris



> On Jun 4, 2020, at 10:51 PM, Jukka Jylänki via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> I was asked to bring attention to this LLVM ticket to the mailing list:
> 
> https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46201 - Missing LLVM NOTICE file
> is making redistributing LLVM difficult.
> 
> It was recently noted by our legal review in release management that
> LLVM third-party licenses are scattered over different files, which
> complicates faithful license-preserving redistribution of LLVM to our
> users. Having a grouped license declaration of would make building
> redistributables easier.
> 
> Best,
> Jukka
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