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Bug 235484 - net-dialup/ltmodem LICENSE issue
Summary: net-dialup/ltmodem LICENSE issue
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High major (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Dialup Developers
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Reported: 2008-08-22 20:15 UTC by Andrew Savchenko
Modified: 2008-08-31 17:00 UTC (History)
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Description Andrew Savchenko gentoo-dev 2008-08-22 20:15:21 UTC
Hello,
lt-modem ebuild is tagged with GPL-2 license, but in contains binary object ltmdobj.o and some sources as lt_modem.c, linuxif.h and, probably, serial.c, README and Makefile which are copyrighted under 'Agere Systems WinModem End User SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT':
http://www.mepis.org/node/10356

Whilst this license permits distribution of this object file and sources, it denies relicensing, so this package cannot be tagged as GPL-2 for obvious reasons.

That's why I propose to add this license to /usr/portage/licenses/ and change license of this packet to "GPL-2 ASWLicense" (or whatever).
Comment 1 Alin Năstac (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2008-08-31 17:00:06 UTC
Fixed as LICENSE="GPL-2 AgereSystems-WinModem"