Bug 74667 - media-libs/glut lists incorrect license
Bug#: 74667 Product:  Gentoo Linux Version: unspecified Platform: All
OS/Version: All Status: RESOLVED Severity: normal Priority: P2
Resolution: FIXED Assigned To: x11@gentoo.org Reported By: griffon26@gentoo.org
Component: Library
URL:  http://www.monkey.org/openbsd/archive/ports/0309/msg00293.html
Summary: media-libs/glut lists incorrect license
Keywords:  
Status Whiteboard: 
Opened: 2004-12-16 12:15 0000
Description:   Opened: 2004-12-16 12:15 0000 
The license is currently listed as X11 or GPL-2.
From what I read on the net, the license is liberal but vague.
The only thing that is certain is that copyright belongs 
to Mark Kilgard.

I noticed that you have added these licenses in 
/media-libs/glut/glut-3.7-r2.ebuild version 1.4.
Are you sure of these?

------- Comment #1 From Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) 2004-12-16 12:39:04 0000 ------- 
I'm inactive

------- Comment #2 From Ryan Hill 2005-03-06 00:19:08 0000 ------- 
i think the confusion stems from the fact that this ebuild actually installs
Mesa3D-5.0, which is covered by a number of licences, including GPL, SGI, and
MESA[1].  the GLUT library is copyright Mark Kilgard is not free software[2]. 
the COPYING file that ends up getting installed into /usr/share/doc/glut-3.7 is
the license for Mesa and shouldn't be there.

the actual license can be viewed here:
http://bob.usuhs.mil/bid510/mol/glut-3.7.6/NOTICE


[1] http://mesa3d.sourceforge.net/license.html
[2] http://www.mathies.com/glfaq/GLToolkitFAQ.html#I

------- Comment #3 From Donnie Berkholz 2005-09-07 09:18:40 0000 ------- 
Fixed the LICENSE variable. We're moving toward freeglut so I'm not going to
spend any more time on this.