Bug 911895

Summary:	dev-lang/tcl missing license reference to Spencer-99
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	steffen_brauer
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	TCL/TK Project <tcltk>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	licenses
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description steffen_brauer 2023-08-08 07:09:11 UTC

The package is missing references to the Spencer License https://spdx.org/licenses/Spencer-99.html for code used in https://github.com/tcltk/tcl/blob/main/generic e.g. https://github.com/tcltk/tcl/blob/main/generic/regc_color.c

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Larry the Git Cow gentoo-dev

2024-02-26 10:23:27 UTC

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

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=0476b7b639063df54c40e645eefb9b5994d4fb13

commit 0476b7b639063df54c40e645eefb9b5994d4fb13
Author:     Alfredo Tupone <tupone@gentoo.org>
AuthorDate: 2024-02-26 10:22:34 +0000
Commit:     Alfredo Tupone <tupone@gentoo.org>
CommitDate: 2024-02-26 10:23:07 +0000

    Add missing license
    
    Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/911895
    Signed-off-by: Alfredo Tupone <tupone@gentoo.org>

 dev-lang/tcl/tcl-8.6.13-r1.ebuild |  2 +-
 licenses/Spencer-99               | 11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comment 2 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev

2024-02-26 13:17:59 UTC

Spencer-99 should be added to the MISC-FREE license group. AFAICS it hasn't been approved by either FSF or OSI but it's obviously a lax BSD-ish free software license.

Comment 3 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev

2024-02-26 13:25:26 UTC

(In reply to Ulrich Müller from comment #2)
> Spencer-99 should be added to the MISC-FREE license group. AFAICS it hasn't
> been approved by either FSF or OSI but it's obviously a lax BSD-ish free
> software license.

Added in commit b302512dcfad9379210976a007d1cc9c0087a07d, thanks arkamar.