Bug 252951 – Jython is under the wrong license

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Andrew John Hughes 2008-12-29 02:35:30 UTC]

The main tree contains only the 2.1 and 2.2 versions of Jython.  These are not under the JPython license specified in the ebuild. Jython 2.0 and 2.1 are under the Jython license:

'In October 2000 Barry helped move the software to SourceForge where it was renamed to Jython. Jython 2.0 and 2.1 were developed under the Jython specific license below.'

2.2 is under the Python Software Foundation License 2:

'From the 2.2 release on, Jython contributors have signed Python Software Foundation contributor agreements and releases are covered under the Python Software Foundation license version 2.'

These two licenses are known FOSS licenses.  The JPython license has not been reviewed by the FSF or OSI.

http://www.jython.org/Project/license.html

Reproducible: Always

[Comment 1 Alistair Bush (RETIRED) 2009-01-01 11:37:10 UTC]

Thanks. Updated =dev-java/jython-2.2* in cvs

[Comment 2 Andrew John Hughes 2009-01-08 13:57:11 UTC]

Thanks.  But Jython 2.1 is still under the wrong license.

[Comment 3 Alistair Bush (RETIRED) 2009-01-08 18:35:52 UTC]

Ok hopefully so we have it all correct here.

Currently within the tree the Jython licence is the JPython 1.1.x Software License.
We need to update that license/add a new license (See below) for the Jython 2.0, 2.1 License


Ok so the current ebuilds using JPython

qgrep -N JPython
app-editors/jext-3.2_pre3-r1:LICENSE="|| ( GPL-2 JPython )"
dev-java/jython-2.1-r10:LICENSE="JPython"                  
dev-java/jython-2.1-r11:LICENSE="JPython"                  
dev-util/netbeans-3.6-r1:LICENSE="GPL-2 Apache-1.1 sun-bcla-j2ee JPython SPL"
dev-util/netbeans-3.6-r1:#still need to add JPython, Sun Public and DynamicJava licenses

I will remove =dev-util/netbeans-3.6-r1 from the tree (hopefully) and am currently investigating if we have got jext under the correct license.

If both jython and jext are under the wrong license then I will update the license and not the ebuilds ( think that should be ok ).

[Comment 4 Alistair Bush (RETIRED) 2009-01-08 19:07:01 UTC]

Looks like jext is under the 2.1 license.  Sorry for the bugspam

[Comment 5 Alistair Bush (RETIRED) 2009-01-10 19:50:06 UTC]

Added new license Jython with Jython 2.0,2.1 license.  Updated =dev-java/jython-2.1* and jext ebuilds with new license.

Fixed.