| Summary: | net-misc/iputils: missing LGPL-2 from LICENSE | ||
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| Product: | Gentoo Linux | Reporter: | Daniel Drake (RETIRED) <dsd> |
| Component: | New packages | Assignee: | Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system> |
| Status: | RESOLVED INVALID | ||
| Severity: | normal | ||
| Priority: | High | ||
| Version: | unspecified | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Package list: | Runtime testing required: | --- | |
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Description
Daniel Drake (RETIRED)
2007-04-13 14:16:16 UTC
To add to the mix: It also includes GPL-2 code (iputils/Modules/pg3.c), and a Sun license similar to as-is (rdisc.c). looks like you're looking at an older version ... plus, i'm not really sure about that ... header usage does not mean your source is under the LGPL-2 pg3.c is a linux kernel module which isnt built/installed as part of the ebuild, so GPL-2 isnt appropriate either I agree, the LGPL explicitly states that header usage doesn't bind your program to the LGPL. However, I thought the ebuild LICENSE field was supposed to indicate the license acceptance required for source redistribution. Am I wrong? i dont believe so ... i think the interpretation is more what you'll actually be utilizing once the package has been merged ... otherwise, it'd be impossible to emerge a package that has optional proprietary components based on USE flags ... i believe Debian also takes this view point (license reflects installed state) |