Bug 425966

Summary:	mail-filter/spambayes's LICENSE variable does not reflect init script
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Ian Stakenvicius (RETIRED) <axs>
Component:	[OLD] Unspecified	Assignee:	Thomas Raschbacher <lordvan>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	QA	CC:	python
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	425702

Description Ian Stakenvicius (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-07-11 17:19:09 UTC

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

files/spambayespop3proxy.rc has license line:
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
... and is used by the following ebuilds:
spambayes-1.1_alpha6-r1.ebuild:LICENSE="PSF-2.2"

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 Thomas Raschbacher gentoo-dev

2012-09-05 17:46:05 UTC

Hmm the init script for this was originally from bug #51522 and contributed by a user (probably based on some other init script originally,...)

so what would be the best course of action just append GPL-2 to LICENSE? (I mean I don'T think any gentoo users do *not* accept gpl-2)

Otherwise i'd have to try to contact the guy who wrote it in 2004 ^^

Comment 2 Ian Stakenvicius (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-09-05 17:47:14 UTC

Yes, generally adding GPL-2 to LICENSE is the easiest/best bet.

Comment 3 Thomas Raschbacher gentoo-dev

2012-09-07 12:43:10 UTC

added GPL-2 license