Bug 41211: Replace Google's oss-license-plugin binaries with our patched build

Merge Info

Related Issues

• tor-browser#xxxxx
• mullvad-browser#xxxxx
• #41211 (closed)

Backporting

Timeline

• Immediate: patchset needed as soon as possible
• Next Minor Stable Release: patchset that needs to be verified in nightly before backport
• Eventually: patchset that needs to be verified in alpha before backport
• No Backport (preferred): patchset for the next major stable

(Optional) Justification

• Emergency security update: patchset fixes CVEs, 0-days, etc
• Censorship event: patchset enables censorship circumvention
• Critical bug-fix: patchset fixes a bug in core-functionality
• Consistency: patchset which would make development easier if it were in both the alpha and release branches; developer tools, build system changes, etc
• Sponsor required: patchset required for sponsor
• Other: please explain

Issue Tracking

• Link resolved issues with appropriate Release Prep issue for changelog generation

Review

Request Reviewer

• Request review from an applications developer depending on modified system:
  • NOTE: if the MR modifies multiple areas, please /cc all the relevant reviewers (since gitlab only allows 1 reviewer)
  • accessibility : henry
  • android : @clairehurst, @dan
  • build system : @boklm
  • extensions : ma1
  • firefox internals (XUL/JS/XPCOM) : jwilde, ma1
  • fonts : pierov
  • frontend (implementation) : henry
  • frontend (review) : donuts, morgan
  • localization : henry, pierov
  • macOS : clairehurst, dan
  • nightly builds : boklm
  • rebases/release-prep : boklm, dan, ma1, morgan, pierov
  • security : jwilde, ma1
  • signing : boklm, morgan
  • updater : pierov
  • windows : jwilde, morgan
  • misc/other : @morgan, pierov

Change Description

In this MR, we create a new project: oss-license-plugin.

We also include two patches:

1. use a TreeSet rather than a HashSet to make the output stable. To do so, I had to implement Comparable on the type used in the Set
2. do a couple of fixes to the build file:
   1. fix incompatibilities with the version of Gradle we use (8.8, currently), in particular the maven plugin has been renamed to maven-publish
   2. use offline dependencies (the mavenLocal() name)
   3. use a local publication, rather than the original one Google implemented (which was also incompatible with our Gradle version, or created some other problems I don't understand, so I deleted it)

How Tested

Built on tb-build-03 and locally, and got matching results.