Bug 426076

Summary:	net-misc/ntp's LICENSE variable does not reflect init script
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Ian Stakenvicius (RETIRED) <axs>
Component:	[OLD] Unspecified	Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	QA
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 17:23:24 UTC

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

files/ntp-client.rc has license line:
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
... and is used by the following ebuilds:
ntp-4.2.4_p7-r1.ebuild:LICENSE="as-is"
ntp-4.2.6_p2-r1.ebuild:LICENSE="as-is"
ntp-4.2.6_p3.ebuild:LICENSE="as-is"
ntp-4.2.6_p3-r1.ebuild:LICENSE="as-is"
ntp-4.2.6_p4.ebuild:LICENSE="as-is"
ntp-4.2.6_p5.ebuild:LICENSE="as-is"
ntp-4.2.6_p5-r1.ebuild:LICENSE="as-is"

files/ntpd.rc has license line:
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
... and is used by the following ebuilds:
ntp-4.2.4_p7-r1.ebuild:LICENSE="as-is"
ntp-4.2.6_p2-r1.ebuild:LICENSE="as-is"
ntp-4.2.6_p3.ebuild:LICENSE="as-is"
ntp-4.2.6_p3-r1.ebuild:LICENSE="as-is"
ntp-4.2.6_p4.ebuild:LICENSE="as-is"
ntp-4.2.6_p5.ebuild:LICENSE="as-is"
ntp-4.2.6_p5-r1.ebuild:LICENSE="as-is"

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 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2015-04-04 07:55:20 UTC

feel free to make any init.d license related change in any base-system ebuild