jakartaee / jakartaee/mail-api

pom.xml states EDL-1.0 as license but there seems to be no other information on this license in the code/package

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Description

**Describe the bug**
The pom https://github.com/jakartaee/mail-api/blob/master/api/pom.xml states EDL-1.0 as one of three license entries. The other two declared licenses are EPL-2.0 and GPL-2.0 WITH Classpath-exception-2.0 which reflect the defined project license EPL-2.0 with secondary license.

There is no further reference to EDL-1.0 in the sources / package and it is unclear what the semantics of the given EDL-1.0 is (SPDX "AND" / "OR"). Probably the given EDL-1.0 is even a wrong license info which slipped in here at some time.

**To Reproduce**
Find the questionable license entry in https://github.com/jakartaee/mail-api/blob/666ec999d8931041d89eabf10d807e5262195f8f/api/pom.xml

**Expected behavior**
Either there is additional info somewhere in the package on the EDL-1.0 license (license text; to which code portions does it apply; is it "AND" or "OR") or the EDL-1.0 entry is removed from the pom.xml.

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Research direction

Start with api/pom.xml at the referenced commit and inspect the source and packaged metadata for any EDL-1.0 license text or scope. Confirm whether the entry has defined SPDX semantics; done means documenting that information in the package or removing the EDL-1.0 entry when no supporting information exists.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
build-system
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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