Date: Thu, 07 May 2015 02:43:05 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 200021] graphics/libvisual04: bogus LICENSE (GPLv2 vs. LGPL21) Message-ID: <bug-200021-13@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=200021 Bug ID: 200021 Summary: graphics/libvisual04: bogus LICENSE (GPLv2 vs. LGPL21) Product: Ports & Packages Version: Latest Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Only Me Priority: --- Component: Individual Port(s) Assignee: crees@FreeBSD.org Reporter: jbeich@FreeBSD.org Assignee: crees@FreeBSD.org Flags: maintainer-feedback?(crees@FreeBSD.org) Created attachment 156452 --> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=156452&action=edit fix According to the project page on sf.net the license is "GNU Library or Lesser General Public License version 2.0 (LGPLv2)". However, looking in COPYING file within tarball it's actually LGPL v2.1. Ports framework already provides such license. $ make extract $ diff -uwr $(make -V PORTSDIR)/Templates/Licenses/LGPL21 \ $(make -V WRKSRC)/COPYING # after applying the patch $ make install $ head /usr/local/share/licenses/libvisual04-0.4.0_5/LGPL21 GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2.1, February 1999 Copyright (C) 1991, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. [This is the first released version of the Lesser GPL. It also counts as the successor of the GNU Library Public License, version 2, hence -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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