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Bug 426136 - sci-geosciences/gpsd's LICENSE variable does not reflect init script
Summary: sci-geosciences/gpsd'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 (vote)
Assignee: Sci-geo Project
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Blocks: init-script-license
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Reported: 2012-07-11 17:25 UTC by Ian Stakenvicius (RETIRED)
Modified: 2020-09-10 15:15 UTC (History)
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Description Ian Stakenvicius (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2012-07-11 17:25:36 UTC 
The init script(s) provided in FILESDIR for sci-geosciences/gpsd has a license of GPL-2 but GPL-2 isn't within the LICENSE variable of the ebuild(s):

files/gpsd.init-2 has license line:
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
... and is used by the following ebuilds:
gpsd-2.95-r1.ebuild:LICENSE="BSD"
gpsd-2.96-r1.ebuild:LICENSE="BSD"
gpsd-3.6.ebuild:LICENSE="BSD"
gpsd-9999.ebuild:LICENSE="BSD"

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 SpanKY gentoo-dev 2013-03-27 20:13:10 UTC 
(In reply to comment #0)

don't care; do whatever
Comment 2 Marek Szuba archtester gentoo-dev 2020-09-10 15:15:39 UTC 
Last time I checked the we do not have to add licences for our own files to LICENCES.