## License management [All Apache projects are required to provide the `LICENSE` and `NOTICE` files](https://infra.apache.org/licensing-howto.html). This document explains how we manage the license of Druid and the libraries that Druid uses. When we do a new release, we distribute 2 packages, i.e., source code package and binary package. Since the binary package includes not only Druid itself but also all the dependencies of Druid, its `LICENSE` and `NOTICE` files should cover those dependencies as well. As a result, the contents of those files are different and managed separately for source code and binary packages. Please read the sections below to understand how we manage the licenses and what to update when you want to add new dependencies. ### Licenses for source code packages The licenses for source code packages are maintained _manually_ in [the `LICENSE` file](https://github.com/apache/druid/blob/master/LICENSE). The notices can be found in [the `NOTICE` file`](https://github.com/apache/druid/blob/master/NOTICE) similarly. ### Licenses for binary packages The licenses for binary packages are maintained _automatically_. All licenses (for both source code and binary releases) should be registered in [the `licenses.yaml` file](https://github.com/apache/druid/blob/master/licenses.yaml). [`generate-binary-license.py`](https://github.com/apache/druid/blob/master/distribution/bin/generate-binary-license.py) and [`generate-binary-notice.py`](https://github.com/apache/druid/blob/master/distribution/bin/generate-binary-notice.py) will generate the `LICENSE` and `NOTICE` files automatially based on the registry. ### Adding licenses #### When you adopt source codes from other projects into Druid This requires you to update the license and notice for both source code and binary packages. First, you should add a new entry in the [`LICENSE`]((https://github.com/apache/druid/blob/master/LICENSE)) for the dependency you are adding. For example, [the `CalciteCnfHelper` class](https://github.com/apache/druid/blob/master/processing/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/segment/filter/cnf/CalciteCnfHelper.java) is adopted from Apache Calcite. This requires adding the following entries in the `LICENSE` file. ``` SOURCE/JAVA-CORE This product contains SQL query planning code adapted from Apache Calcite. * processing/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/segment/filter/cnf/CalciteCnfHelper.java ``` If the project provides its own notice, the contents of the notice should be included in the `NOTICE` file of Druid. > **NOTE:** Most projects don't provide notice. If you are not sure whether you need to add a notice, then you probably > don't have to unless the dependency you are adding is an Apache project. Going back to the example of Apache Calcite, since all Apache projects provide the `NOTICE` file, you should add the following in the [`NOTICE`](https://github.com/apache/druid/blob/master/NOTICE) file. ``` ############ SOURCE/JAVA-CORE ############ ================= Apache Calcite 1.10.0 ================= Apache Calcite Copyright 2012-2016 The Apache Software Foundation This product is based on source code originally developed by DynamoBI Corporation, LucidEra Inc., SQLstream Inc. and others under the auspices of the Eigenbase Foundation and released as the LucidDB project. ``` Second, you also need to add a new entry in [the `licenses.yaml` file](https://github.com/apache/druid/blob/master/licenses.yaml) as below. ```yaml name: SQL query planning code adapted from Apache Calcite license_category: source module: java-core license_name: Apache License version 2.0 source_paths: - processing/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/segment/filter/cnf/CalciteCnfHelper.java ``` #### When you add a new library dependency into Druid This requires you to update the [the `licenses.yaml` file](https://github.com/apache/druid/blob/master/licenses.yaml). For example, to add `aws-java-sdk-core` as a new depdency, you need to add the following entry. ```yaml name: AWS SDK for Java license_category: binary module: java-core license_name: Apache License version 2.0 version: 1.11.199 libraries: - com.amazonaws: aws-java-sdk-core notice: | AWS SDK for Java Copyright 2010-2014 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. This product includes software developed by Amazon Technologies, Inc (http://www.amazon.com/). ********************** THIRD PARTY COMPONENTS ********************** This software includes third party software subject to the following copyrights: - XML parsing and utility functions from JetS3t - Copyright 2006-2009 James Murty. - PKCS#1 PEM encoded private key parsing and utility functions from oauth.googlecode.com - Copyright 1998-2010 AOL Inc. The licenses for these third party components are included in LICENSE.txt ``` ### Updating licenses When you update the version of existing dependencies, you need to update the version not only in the `pom.xml` file but also in the `licenses.yaml` file.