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Bug 425898 - app-emulation/vmware-player's LICENSE variable does not reflect init script
Summary: app-emulation/vmware-player's LICENSE variable does not reflect init script
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Unspecified (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal QA (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo VMWare Bug Squashers [disabled]
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Blocks: init-script-license
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Reported: 2012-07-11 17:16 UTC by Ian Stakenvicius (RETIRED)
Modified: 2013-06-22 22:40 UTC (History)
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Description Ian Stakenvicius (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2012-07-11 17:16:34 UTC
The init script(s) provided in FILESDIR for app-emulation/vmware-player has a license of GPL-2 but GPL-2 isn't within the LICENSE variable of the ebuild(s):

files/vmware-3.0.rc has license line:
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
... and is used by the following ebuilds:
vmware-player-3.1.6.744570.ebuild:LICENSE="vmware"
vmware-player-4.0.4.744019-r1.ebuild:LICENSE="vmware"

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 Andreas K. Hüttel archtester gentoo-dev 2013-06-22 22:40:47 UTC
Fixed.