117344 – d2x (Descent 2) is described as GPL, yet the source is under a proprietary license

Bug 117344 - d2x (Descent 2) is described as GPL, yet the source is under a proprietary license

Summary: d2x (Descent 2) is described as GPL, yet the source is under a proprietary li...

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Games (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High trivial (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Games

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Reported:	2006-01-01 05:56 UTC by lxg
Modified:	2006-01-03 12:54 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description lxg 2006-01-01 05:56:29 UTC

I just played around a bit with Descent 2. I'm a bit curious that in
Portage, the package ist described as standing under the GPL v2. This
seems to be incorrect, as http://www.descent2.com/ddn/sources/descent2/
shows. Also, the readme.txt from the package distributed by
http://icculus.org/d2x/ claims that this is a proprietary license.
Shouldn't the license note in the ebuild be changed?

Other packages might also be affected.

Comment 1 Paul Bredbury 2006-01-01 10:26:44 UTC

Perhaps it should be similar to /usr/portage/licenses/D1X

D2X offshoots are still in active development:
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-2954426.html

Comment 2 Mr. Bones. (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-01-03 12:54:07 UTC

indeed.  fixed in cvs.