JSON is released under the (non-free) JSON license: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#JSON The ebuild has LICENSE="BSD" which is not correct.
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=78b1dea2077c6b16a362b2a4ca06855decd843d9 commit 78b1dea2077c6b16a362b2a4ca06855decd843d9 Author: Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2019-07-05 10:41:32 +0000 Commit: Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2019-07-05 10:42:33 +0000 dev-java/json: Fix LICENSE. Acked-by: Patrice Clement <monsieurp@gentoo.org> Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/689314 Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.67, Repoman-2.3.15 Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org> dev-java/json/json-20150729.ebuild | 5 +++-- dev-java/json/json-20160212.ebuild | 5 +++-- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) Additionally, it has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=cc6ef7709aa0b584c163c208cacb3e48d5d222f7 commit cc6ef7709aa0b584c163c208cacb3e48d5d222f7 Author: Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2019-07-05 10:34:46 +0000 Commit: Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2019-07-05 10:42:09 +0000 licenses: Add JSON license for dev-java/json. Same as MIT, but with an additional clause "The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil." This is a usage restriction which makes the license non-free. It doesn't prevent binary redistribution, so add it to that license group. https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#JSON https://spdx.org/licenses/JSON.html Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/689314 Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org> licenses/JSON | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ profiles/license_groups | 2 +- 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)