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Bug 97636 - mail-client/mailx license not same as listed at debian.org
Summary: mail-client/mailx license not same as listed at debian.org
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Net-Mail Packages
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Reported: 2005-07-01 10:43 UTC by Albert Holm
Modified: 2005-07-01 12:49 UTC (History)
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Description Albert Holm 2005-07-01 10:43:33 UTC
mail-client/mailx ebuild specifies LICENSE="GPL-2" and HOMEPAGE="http://www.
debian.org". The package at debian seems to be http://packages.debian.org/
stable/mail/mailx as the versioning theme seems similar. Debian lists this mailx 
package as using the OpenBSD license. Is the use of the GPL-2 license a bug?

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:




There is also a mailx binary included in net-mail/mailutils that is the GNU 
mailutils which is GPL-2 licensed.
Comment 1 Andrej Kacian (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-07-01 12:46:22 UTC
The mailx license (I have looked at one in header of its main.c, since I didn't
find any license text file in the dist tarball) is almost identical to our
${PORTDIR}/licenses/BSD, except for being copyrighted to "Regents of University
of California", usage of "University" instead of generic "<ORGANIZATION>, and
usage of "Regents" instead of "COPYRIGHT HOLDERS" in disclaimer.

Looks like it's pretty much a BSD license. I'll change the ebuilds accordingly.

Thanks for the heads-up, Albert.
Comment 2 Andrej Kacian (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-07-01 12:49:28 UTC
Change committed.