446162 – dev-java/randomguid: unclear license

Bug 446162 - dev-java/randomguid: unclear license

Summary: dev-java/randomguid: unclear license

Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX

Alias:	None

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

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Java team

URL:
Whiteboard:	Pending removal: 2014-05-12
Keywords:	PMASKED

Depends on:
Blocks:	as-is-license
	Show dependency tree

Reported:	2012-12-05 20:55 UTC by Ulrich Müller
Modified:	2014-05-12 04:43 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

See Also:
Package list:
Runtime testing required:	---

Attachments
Add an attachment (proposed patch, testcase, etc.)

Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.

Description Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev

2012-12-05 20:55:27 UTC

The ebuild currently has LICENSE="as-is" which most likely is wrong.

- There is no license included with the package.
- RandomGUID.java contains notice:
  "From www.JavaExchange.com, Open Software licensing"
- There is no license info on HOMEPAGE.

Can you please ask upstream for clarification under with terms this package can be distributed?

Comment 1 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev

2013-05-05 17:09:04 UTC

Mail to upstream sent.

Comment 2 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev

2014-02-19 16:46:15 UTC

Mail sent again, to address obtained from whois for the HOMEPAGE's domain.

Comment 3 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev

2014-04-12 06:29:05 UTC

No answer.

Comment 4 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev

2014-04-12 06:34:58 UTC

@Java team: How important is this package?
- Last release in 2002
- Ebuild last touched in 2008
- Unresponsive upstream
- No reverse dependencies

If we keep it, LICENSE has to be changed to "all-rights-reserved" and it needs mirror restriction.

Comment 5 Johann Schmitz (ercpe) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2014-04-12 11:50:42 UTC

I can't find anything depending on it, so i think it's safe to drop it.

Comment 6 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev

2014-04-12 15:22:52 UTC

+# Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org> (12 Apr 2014)
+# No license, SRC_URI dead, unresponsive upstream.
+# Last release in 2002. No reverse dependencies.
+# Masked for removal in 30 days, bug 446162.
+dev-java/randomguid
+