From 72476b62d4c0dc816ba459b40ef1ad2daa23dff5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2018 15:49:25 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Check for license validity only on newly updated branches,
 refs composer/packagist#866, refs composer/packagist#883

---
 src/Composer/Package/Loader/ValidatingArrayLoader.php | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/Composer/Package/Loader/ValidatingArrayLoader.php b/src/Composer/Package/Loader/ValidatingArrayLoader.php
index 4ee444f02..fb2eafd93 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Package/Loader/ValidatingArrayLoader.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Package/Loader/ValidatingArrayLoader.php
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ class ValidatingArrayLoader implements LoaderInterface
             }
         }
 
-        if (isset($this->config['license'])) {
+        // check for license validity on newly updated branches
+        if (isset($this->config['license']) && (!$releaseDate || $releaseDate->getTimestamp() >= strtotime('-8days'))) {
             if (is_array($this->config['license']) || is_string($this->config['license'])) {
                 $licenses = (array) $this->config['license'];