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Bug 233747 - dev-lang/ruby has incorrect license
Summary: dev-lang/ruby has incorrect license
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Ruby Team
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Reported: 2008-08-02 21:01 UTC by Marek Sapota
Modified: 2009-05-10 18:54 UTC (History)
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Description Marek Sapota 2008-08-02 21:01:01 UTC 
dev-lang/ruby has Ruby license in portage, but it can be used on GPLv2 terms, and license should be Ruby || GPLv2.

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Carsten Lohrke (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2008-08-02 22:30:18 UTC 
I've just noticed that the licenses "Ruby" and "mongrel" are basically the same. Please work with upstream on a unification. Naming the copyright holder may go elsewhere and is implicitly given in most countries of the world, anyways. The open source license jungle is bad enough, we don't need such crappy duplication.
Comment 2 Marek Sapota 2008-08-03 08:03:36 UTC 
It is the same. The mongrel site states that mongrel is under the same terms as Ruby. But there are many more licenses in portage that only differ in copyright holder...
Comment 3 Alex Legler (RETIRED) archtester gentoo-dev Security 2009-05-10 18:54:07 UTC 
ruby ebuilds are all fixed now.