496690 – ~dev-java/antlr-2.7.7: LICENSE should be "public-domain"

Bug 496690 - ~dev-java/antlr-2.7.7: LICENSE should be "public-domain"

Summary: ~dev-java/antlr-2.7.7: LICENSE should be "public-domain"

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Development (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Java team

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Reported:	2014-01-01 19:21 UTC by Ulrich Müller
Modified:	2014-01-03 15:43 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Description Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev

2014-01-01 19:21:31 UTC

licenses/ANTLR is not a real license, but simply says that the work is in the public domain.

If there are no objections, I'll update the ebuilds in a few days from now.

Comment 1 Johann Schmitz (ercpe) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2014-01-02 05:26:17 UTC

I agree with you. However, the last paragraph makes it a little bit different to other "this code is in public domain" statements.

Comment 2 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev

2014-01-02 12:17:49 UTC

The last paragraph is only informational. It doesn't change any legal rights.

Also we currently don't distinguish between different types of public-domain (like e.g. works released into the public domain by their author, or U.S. government works). Therefore I think that LICENSE="public-domain" is appropriate for ANTLR.

Comment 3 Johann Schmitz (ercpe) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2014-01-02 13:05:23 UTC

Then feel free to change the license.

Comment 4 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev

2014-01-03 15:43:09 UTC

Fixed.