Merge pull request #3455 from openshift-cherrypick-robot/cherry-pick-3434-to-release-4.17

[release-4.17] [build] Add licenses dir to operator and bundle images

Author: openshift-merge-bot[bot]

Containerfile

@@ -193,6 +193,10 @@ COPY pkg/internal/hns.psm1 .
 
 WORKDIR /
 
+# create licenses directory
+# See https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_software_certification/2025/html-single/red_hat_openshift_software_certification_policy_guide/index#con-image-content-requirements_openshift-sw-cert-policy-container-images
+COPY LICENSE /licenses/
+
 ENV OPERATOR=/usr/local/bin/windows-machine-config-operator \
     USER_UID=1001 \
     USER_NAME=windows-machine-config-operator

Containerfile.bundle

@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ LABEL release="10.17.2"
 LABEL url="https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/4.17/windows_containers/index.html"
 LABEL vendor="Red Hat, Inc."
 
+# create licenses directory
+# See https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_software_certification/2025/html-single/red_hat_openshift_software_certification_policy_guide/index#con-image-content-requirements_openshift-sw-cert-policy-container-images
+COPY LICENSE /licenses/
+
 # Copy files to locations specified by labels.
 COPY --from=image-replacer /manifests /manifests/
 COPY bundle/metadata /metadata/