301971 – Wrong LICENSE for dev-perl/TermReadKey-2.30

Bug 301971 - Wrong LICENSE for dev-perl/TermReadKey-2.30

Summary: Wrong LICENSE for dev-perl/TermReadKey-2.30

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Perl team

URL:	http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display...
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Reported:	2010-01-23 20:19 UTC by Luke-Jr
Modified:	2010-01-25 14:35 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Luke-Jr 2010-01-23 20:19:59 UTC

dev-perl/TermReadKey-2.30 has a custom BSD-like license:

 Copyright (C) 1994-1999 Kenneth Albanowski. 
               2001-2005 Jonathan Stowe and others

 Unlimited distribution and/or modification is allowed as long as this 
 copyright notice remains intact.

Comment 1 Torsten Veller (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-01-25 11:19:32 UTC

| Unlimited distribution and/or modification is allowed as long as this 
| copyright notice remains intact. (README)

#  You are welcome to use this code in your own perl modules, I just
#  request that you don't distribute modified copies without making it clear
#  that you have changed something. If you have a change you think is worth
#  merging into the original, please contact me at kjahds@kjahds.com or
(Configure.pm)

What is this? "as-is"?

Comment 2 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev

2010-01-25 12:18:25 UTC

> What is this? "as-is"?

Good enough.

Comment 3 Torsten Veller (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-01-25 14:35:54 UTC

Fixed.Thanks