diff --git a/.github/workflows/licenses.yml b/.github/workflows/licenses.yml
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--- a/.github/workflows/licenses.yml
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-name: Licensing
-on:
-  push:
-    tags:
-      - "v*"
-env:
-  LICENSE_DIR: licenses
-  LICENSE_ARCHIVE: licenses.tgz
-jobs:
-  go-licenses:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
-        with:
-          go-version-file: 'go.mod'
-
-      - name: Generate Go license notices
-        run: |
-          go install github.com/google/go-licenses@latest
-          GOROOT=$(go env GOROOT) go-licenses save ./... --stderrthreshold=ERROR --logtostderr=false --save_path "$LICENSE_DIR"
-          GOROOT=$(go env GOROOT) go-licenses report ./... --template=.github/licenses.tmpl --stderrthreshold=ERROR --logtostderr=false > "$LICENSE_DIR"/README.md
-
-      - name: Upload Go license notices
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          tar czf "$LICENSE_ARCHIVE" "$LICENSE_DIR"
-          gh release upload "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" --clobber -- "$LICENSE_ARCHIVE"
-
-          if gh release view "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" >/dev/null; then
-            echo "uploading assets to an existing release..."
-            gh release upload "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" --clobber -- "$LICENSE_ARCHIVE"
-          else
-            echo "cannot upload as something else should create the release first..."
-            exit 1
-          fi