426148 – sys-apps/netkit-base's LICENSE variable does not reflect init script

Bug 426148 - sys-apps/netkit-base's LICENSE variable does not reflect init script

Summary: sys-apps/netkit-base's LICENSE variable does not reflect init script

Status:	CONFIRMED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Unspecified (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal QA (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages

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Blocks:	init-script-license
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Reported:	2012-07-11 17:26 UTC by Ian Stakenvicius (RETIRED)
Modified:	2012-07-11 17:26 UTC (History)
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Description Ian Stakenvicius (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-07-11 17:26:03 UTC

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

files/inetd.rc6 has license line:
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
... and is used by the following ebuilds:
netkit-base-0.17-r8.ebuild:LICENSE="BSD"
netkit-base-0.17-r9.ebuild:LICENSE="BSD"

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 .