Bug 425882 – app-admin/webmin's LICENSE variable does not reflect init script

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Description Ian Stakenvicius (RETIRED) 2012-07-11 17:15:57 UTC]

The init script(s) provided in FILESDIR for app-admin/webmin has a license of GPL-2 but GPL-2 isn't within the LICENSE variable of the ebuild(s):

files/init.d.webmin has license line:
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
... and is used by the following ebuilds:
webmin-1.560-r1.ebuild:LICENSE="BSD"
webmin-1.570-r1.ebuild:LICENSE="BSD"
webmin-1.580.ebuild:LICENSE="BSD"
webmin-1.590.ebuild:LICENSE="BSD"

There are two options here -- either LICENSE in the ebuilds should be appended with GPL-2 to cover the init script, or the init script should be relicensed so that it is covered by current LICENSE (this one is probably the preferred resolution).  See also bug 425702 .

[Comment 1 PhobosK 2012-07-22 07:36:12 UTC]

My init script(and my ebuilds) should be covered by GPL-2,so please go ahead and append GPL-2 to all my ebuilds. 
Alternatively I will add the GPL-2 to LICENSE when the next webmin version is out.

Thanks

[Comment 2 Markos Chandras (RETIRED) 2012-07-22 09:03:26 UTC]

--- ./ChangeLog
+++ ./ChangeLog
@@ -4,0 +5,4 @@
+  22 Jul 2012; Markos Chandras <[e-mail]> webmin-1.560-r1.ebuild,
+  webmin-1.570-r1.ebuild, webmin-1.580.ebuild, webmin-1.590.ebuild:
+  Add GPL-2 to LICENSE for init scripts. Bug #425882
+

[Comment 3 PhobosK 2012-07-22 19:20:01 UTC]

(In reply to comment #2)
> --- ./ChangeLog
> +++ ./ChangeLog
> @@ -4,0 +5,4 @@
> +  22 Jul 2012; Markos Chandras <[e-mail]> webmin-1.560-r1.ebuild,
> +  webmin-1.570-r1.ebuild, webmin-1.580.ebuild, webmin-1.590.ebuild:
> +  Add GPL-2 to LICENSE for init scripts. Bug #425882
> +

@Markos, 
shouldn't it be:
LICENSE="BSD GPL-2"

instead of:
LICENSE="|| ( BSD GPL-2 )"

??

[Comment 4 Markos Chandras (RETIRED) 2012-07-22 19:44:23 UTC]

Oh yeah right. Fixed now