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Udpate documentation on the third_party directories (#161407)

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@ -361,7 +361,12 @@ widget for that rather than updating the existing buttons to have the new style.
All code in all Flutter repositories must be contributed by developers who have signed [the Google CLA](https://cla.developers.google.com/), and must be licensed using our normal BSD license with a copyright referencing "The Flutter Authors", except if it is "third party code".
"Third party code" that is not part of a Dart package must be in a subdirectory of a `third_party` directory at the root of the relevant repository, and the subdirectory in question must contain a `LICENSE` file that details the license covering that code and a `README` describing the provenance of that code.
"Third party code" that is not part of a Dart package must be in a subdirectory of a `third_party` directory located:
* [/third_party](../../third_party) for the Flutter Framework
* [/engine/src/flutter/third_party](../../engine/src/flutter/third_party) for the Flutter Engine.
The subdirectory in question must contain a `LICENSE` file that details the license covering that code and a `README` describing the provenance of that code.
"Third party code" that is part of a Dart package and is not Dart code must be in a subdirectory of a `third_party` directory at the root of the package, and the subdirectory in question must contain a `LICENSE` file that details the license covering that code and a `README` describing the provenance of that code. The license must then also be duplicated into the package's `LICENSE` file using the syntax described in the [LicenseRegistry](https://master-api.flutter.dev/flutter/foundation/LicenseRegistry-class.html) API docs.
@ -371,7 +376,7 @@ All licenses included in this manner must have been reviewed and determined to b
All such "third party code" must either be a fork for which we take full responsibility, or there must be an automated rolling mechanism that keeps the code up to date when the upstream source changes.
In general it is _strongly_ recommended that we avoid any such code unless strictly necessary.
In general it is _strongly_ recommended that we avoid any such code unless strictly necessary. In particular, we aim for all _Flutter Framework_ code in the flutter/flutter repository to be single-licensed.
## Documentation (dartdocs, javadocs, etc)