Please include a LICENSE.txt in released jars
Author: krismasseyCreated Sep 1, 2026Updated Sep 12, 2026
Issue
The released netty jars do not contain a valid LICENCE.txt file, this is causing issues with licence policy gates (Identified using GitLab) This required manual tracking of the licences which creates an overhead.
Details
The issue was identified when scanning and blocking for unknown licences the dependencies blow were initially identified, but it appears to be a global issues.
Identified dependencies with no licence file io.netty/netty-codec-base, io.netty/netty-codec-classes-quic, io.netty/netty-codec-compression, io.netty/netty-codec-http3, io.netty/netty-codec-marshalling, io.netty/netty-codec-native-quic, io.netty/netty-codec-protobuf
Expected behavior
Released Jars contain a valid LICENCE.txt file
Source: netty/netty