Was removed by https://github.com/FasterXML/jackson-core/commit/c04e9243bda008ac570fb5da8def07163eae1749#diff-8eac27e2b7403d363ecdb0a19ea08fafe1aa78484e74fb74664d50f202bc2e94 I think it would be better to have the LICENSE in the jar. The one that was removed by the commit was probably fine.