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Bug 703546 - games-arcade/sdlsasteroids-3.0.1-r1: free license?
Summary: games-arcade/sdlsasteroids-3.0.1-r1: free license?
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Games
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Blocks: freedist-license
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Reported: 2019-12-22 16:44 UTC by Ulrich Müller
Modified: 2020-01-18 11:50 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Description Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev 2019-12-22 16:44:04 UTC
The ebuild currently says LICENSE="GPL-2 freedist", but the package may actually be free software.

The main license of the game seems to be in README.xast:

   If you modify the game, feel free to post your version, PROVIDED that
   you retain my copyright notice, the credits, and note which version yours
   was derived from and its release date, what changes you made, and your
   release date.  I do not intend to release any more versions myself.
   I wash my hands of it.

@Licenses team: Does this qualify as a free software license? It seems to grant the right to make modifications and to distribute ("post") them.

Fonts are under GPL-2+, according to a license notice in the TTF files.

Files in graphics/backdrops/ are in the public domain.
Comment 1 Larry the Git Cow gentoo-dev 2020-01-18 11:50:51 UTC
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s):

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=1ccd63a3dcddd2e96b5f8ad3d78b1fb93f3574c5

commit 1ccd63a3dcddd2e96b5f8ad3d78b1fb93f3574c5
Author:     Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org>
AuthorDate: 2020-01-18 11:46:17 +0000
Commit:     Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org>
CommitDate: 2020-01-18 11:50:38 +0000

    games-arcade/sdlsasteroids: Fix LICENSE.
    
    Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/703546
    Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.84, Repoman-2.3.20
    Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org>

 games-arcade/sdlsasteroids/sdlsasteroids-3.0.1-r1.ebuild | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Additionally, it has been referenced in the following commit(s):

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=481df49c41ba47ad77319827417c5860e4dfa700

commit 481df49c41ba47ad77319827417c5860e4dfa700
Author:     Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org>
AuthorDate: 2020-01-18 11:45:01 +0000
Commit:     Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org>
CommitDate: 2020-01-18 11:50:37 +0000

    licenses: Add sdlsasteroids for games-arcade/sdlsasteroids.
    
    Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/703546
    Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org>

 licenses/sdlsasteroids  | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 profiles/license_groups |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)