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	▲	Uehreka 15 hours ago
		I think it might be the case that licenses often include the authors’ names in the “this code is copyright of so-and-so” (as you can see, I Am Not A Lawyer) section, which might be considered part of the text of the license, thereby making it a requirement to include the full license text for each dependency.
	▲	notpushkin 15 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It’s usually done in MIT-like licenses, which are quite short. But I’d argue that replacing it with `Copyright (c) 207X Jonathan Fenimore Licensed MIT, see the license text below` or even `Copyright (c) 207X Jonathan Fenimore SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT` should be enough, but IANAL too. --- In longer licenses like GPL or Apache, you are not supposed to change any copyright statement placeholders. For example, there’s this line in the GPL text: `Copyright (C) <year> <name of author>` But it’s a part of the “How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs” section. You are supposed to copy it into your code and fill it out there instead. --- Or they could just compress the license amalgamation! I think it would be a bit bigger but pretty reasonable, and their lawyers should be happy with this arrangement.