Bug 881627

Summary:	dev-libs/libiconv-1.17 has incorrect LICENSE
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	ganooslashlinus
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Prefix <prefix>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Other
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description ganooslashlinus 2022-11-17 07:25:17 UTC

LICENSE="LGPL-2.1"

NEWS:
New in 1.17:
* The libiconv library is now licensed under the LGPL version 2.1, instead of
  the LGPL version 2.0. The iconv program continues to be licensed under GPL
  version 3.
...

The comment refers to upgrading from: LGPLv2+ to LGPLv2.1+ and not LGPLv2+ to LGPLv2.1-only.

Under lib/, most of the files have in the header:
...
 * The GNU LIBICONV Library is free software; you can redistribute it
 * and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1
 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
...

The change seems to have been a bit sloppy, as some files have:
...
 * The GNU LIBICONV Library is free software; you can redistribute it
 * and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
 * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
...

As "Lesser" and not "Library" is noted, the author(s) actually mean version 2.1.

src/iconv.c:
...
   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
   (at your option) any later version.
...


Therefore, should be: LICENSE="LGPL-2.1+ GPL-3+"

Comment 1 Larry the Git Cow gentoo-dev

2023-04-25 15:20:00 UTC

The bug has been closed via the following commit(s):

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=d4b45dea7cc06c0b821d33629c8785d12efef54b

commit d4b45dea7cc06c0b821d33629c8785d12efef54b
Author:     Fabian Groffen <grobian@gentoo.org>
AuthorDate: 2023-04-25 15:19:13 +0000
Commit:     Fabian Groffen <grobian@gentoo.org>
CommitDate: 2023-04-25 15:19:13 +0000

    dev-libs/libiconv-1.17: fix licence, bug #881627
    
    Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/881627
    Signed-off-by: Fabian Groffen <grobian@gentoo.org>

 dev-libs/libiconv/libiconv-1.17.ebuild | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)