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Bug 175257 - sys-apps/shadow: incomplete LICENSE?
Summary: sys-apps/shadow: incomplete LICENSE?
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo's Team for Core System packages
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Reported: 2007-04-19 19:07 UTC by Daniel Drake (RETIRED)
Modified: 2007-06-23 02:36 UTC (History)
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Description Daniel Drake (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2007-04-19 19:07:27 UTC
The ebuild states BSD licensing, but it includes a GPL licensed file: src/vipw.c

Also, this 2nd part doesn't matter as it is less restrictive than BSD, but src/login_nopam.c is licensed as follows:

* Copyright 1995 by Wietse Venema.  All rights reserved. Individual files
* may be covered by other copyrights (as noted in the file itself.)
*
* This material was originally written and compiled by Wietse Venema at
* Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands, in 1990, 1991,
* 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995.
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
* provided that this entire copyright notice is duplicated in all such
* copies.  
*
* This software is provided "as is" and without any expressed or implied
* warranties, including, without limitation, the implied warranties of
* merchantibility and fitness for any particular purpose.
Comment 1 Daniel Drake (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2007-06-23 02:35:47 UTC
fixed with permission from Mike
Comment 2 Daniel Drake (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2007-06-23 02:36:15 UTC
btw, I mailed upstream about this a few weeks ago, no response.