Bug 175257

Summary:	sys-apps/shadow: incomplete LICENSE?
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Daniel Drake (RETIRED) <dsd>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Daniel Drake (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-04-19 19:07:27 UTC

The ebuild states BSD licensing, but it includes a GPL licensed file: src/vipw.c

Also, this 2nd part doesn't matter as it is less restrictive than BSD, but src/login_nopam.c is licensed as follows:

* Copyright 1995 by Wietse Venema.  All rights reserved. Individual files
* may be covered by other copyrights (as noted in the file itself.)
*
* This material was originally written and compiled by Wietse Venema at
* Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands, in 1990, 1991,
* 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995.
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted
* provided that this entire copyright notice is duplicated in all such
* copies.  
*
* This software is provided "as is" and without any expressed or implied
* warranties, including, without limitation, the implied warranties of
* merchantibility and fitness for any particular purpose.

Comment 1 Daniel Drake (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-06-23 02:35:47 UTC

fixed with permission from Mike

Comment 2 Daniel Drake (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-06-23 02:36:15 UTC

btw, I mailed upstream about this a few weeks ago, no response.