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Bug 137492

Summary: libcaca has incorrect licence
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: Mikel Olasagasti <mikel>
Component: [OLD] UnspecifiedAssignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME    
Severity: normal CC: chtitux
Priority: High    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
URL: http://sam.zoy.org/libcaca/
Whiteboard:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---

Description Mikel Olasagasti 2006-06-21 07:48:56 UTC
libcaca web says:

Libcaca is free software, and can be used, modified and ditributed under the terms of the Do What The Fuck You Want To Public License.

But gentoo package has LGPL-2.1
Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-06-21 07:52:01 UTC
Read the license packed with the tarball.
Comment 2 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-06-23 00:49:40 UTC
*** Bug 137691 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Sam Hocevar 2006-06-23 10:45:21 UTC
I added a note on the webpage to clear up any remaining confusion.
Comment 4 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-06-23 10:51:24 UTC
(In reply to comment #3)
> I added a note on the webpage to clear up any remaining confusion.

Thanks... We'll put it into portage w/ the new license when it's out of beta, most likely.