Bug 308829

Summary:	sys-libs/readline:6 specifies wrong license GPL-2
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Thomas Kahle (RETIRED) <tomka>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	2007.0
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Thomas Kahle (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-03-10 14:10:24 UTC

The ebuild states GPL-2, but readline-6 is distributed under GPL-3:
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Readline is free software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 3. This means that if you want to use Readline in a program that you release or distribute to anyone, the program must be free software and have a GPL-compatible license. If you would like advice on making your license GPL-compatible, contact licensing@gnu.org.
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It looks like this might also have a possible impact on packages linking against it if these are licensed GPL-2 and do not have the 'or later' clause. 


Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-03-12 18:14:13 UTC

+  12 Mar 2010; Samuli Suominen <ssuominen@gentoo.org>
+  readline-6.0_p4.ebuild, readline-6.1.ebuild:
+  Fix license from GPL-2 to GPL-3 wrt #308829 by Thomas Kahle.
+