diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 77e4691de2..797c75bc21 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -126,14 +126,19 @@ com.fasterxml.jackson.core.*;version=${project.version}
         <artifactId>replacer</artifactId>
       </plugin>
 
-      <!--  04-Mar-2019, tatu: Add rudimentary JDK9+ module info. To build with JDK 8
+      <!-- 04-Mar-2019, tatu: Add rudimentary JDK9+ module info. To build with JDK 8
              will have to use `moduleInfoFile` as anything else requires JDK 9+
         -->
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.moditect</groupId>
         <artifactId>moditect-maven-plugin</artifactId>
       </plugin>
-
+      <!-- 03-Nov-2020, tatu: Add LICENSE from main level -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+      
       <plugin>
         <groupId>de.jjohannes</groupId>
         <artifactId>gradle-module-metadata-maven-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
index 460e4e80c3..800e26971b 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION-2.x
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ JSON library.
 #639: Limit initial allocated block size by `ByteArrayBuilder` to max block size
 #640: Add `JacksonException` as parent class of `JsonProcessingException`
 - Deprecate `JsonParser.getCurrentTokenId()` (use `#currentTokenId()` instead)
+- Full "LICENSE" included in jar for easier access by compliancy tools
 
 2.11.4 (not yet released)
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/META-INF/LICENSE b/src/main/resources/META-INF/LICENSE
deleted file mode 100644
index f5f45d26a4..0000000000
--- a/src/main/resources/META-INF/LICENSE
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-This copy of Jackson JSON processor streaming parser/generator is licensed under the
-Apache (Software) License, version 2.0 ("the License").
-See the License for details about distribution rights, and the
-specific rights regarding derivate works.
-
-You may obtain a copy of the License at:
-
-http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
diff --git a/src/main/resources/META-INF/NOTICE b/src/main/resources/META-INF/NOTICE
index 4c976b7b4c..d226e890da 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/META-INF/NOTICE
+++ b/src/main/resources/META-INF/NOTICE
@@ -3,18 +3,15 @@
 Jackson is a high-performance, Free/Open Source JSON processing library.
 It was originally written by Tatu Saloranta (tatu.saloranta@iki.fi), and has
 been in development since 2007.
-It is currently developed by a community of developers, as well as supported
-commercially by FasterXML.com.
+It is currently developed by a community of developers.
 
 ## Licensing
 
-Jackson core and extension components may licensed under different licenses.
+Jackson 2.x core and extension components are licensed under Apache License 2.0
 To find the details that apply to this artifact see the accompanying LICENSE file.
-For more information, including possible other licensing options, contact
-FasterXML.com (http://fasterxml.com).
 
 ## Credits
 
-A list of contributors may be found from CREDITS file, which is included
+A list of contributors may be found from CREDITS(-2.x) file, which is included
 in some artifacts (usually source distributions); but is always available
 from the source code management (SCM) system project uses.