Bug 426140

Summary:	sys-apps/hdparm'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:	RESOLVED FIXED
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 17:25:45 UTC

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

files/hdparm-init-8 has license line:
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
... and is used by the following ebuilds:
hdparm-9.28.ebuild:LICENSE="as-is"
hdparm-9.36.ebuild:LICENSE="as-is"
hdparm-9.37.ebuild:LICENSE="as-is"
hdparm-9.38.ebuild:LICENSE="as-is"
hdparm-9.39.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

2012-11-22 16:58:57 UTC

  29 Sep 2012; Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org> hdparm-9.28.ebuild,
  hdparm-9.36.ebuild, hdparm-9.37.ebuild, hdparm-9.38.ebuild,
  hdparm-9.39.ebuild:
  Specify LICENSE more precisely. The package is BSD licensed, the "wiper"
  subdirectory under GPL-2 only.