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Bug 426116 - net-p2p/bittorrent's LICENSE variable does not reflect init script
Summary: net-p2p/bittorrent's LICENSE variable does not reflect init script
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Unspecified (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal QA
Assignee: Ryan Hill (RETIRED)
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Blocks: init-script-license
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Reported: 2012-07-11 17:24 UTC by Ian Stakenvicius (RETIRED)
Modified: 2015-12-31 12:07 UTC (History)
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Description Ian Stakenvicius (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2012-07-11 17:24:56 UTC 
The init script(s) provided in FILESDIR for net-p2p/bittorrent has a license of GPL-2 but GPL-2 isn't within the LICENSE variable of the ebuild(s):

files/bittorrent-tracker.initd has license line:
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
... and is used by the following ebuilds:
bittorrent-4.4.0-r1.ebuild:LICENSE="BitTorrent"
bittorrent-4.4.0-r2.ebuild:LICENSE="BitTorrent"

There are two options here -- either LICENSE in the ebuilds should be appended with GPL-2 to cover the init script, or the init script should be relicensed so that it is covered by current LICENSE (this one is probably the preferred resolution).  See also bug 425702 .
Comment 1 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev 2015-12-31 12:07:41 UTC 
removed from the tree