426168 – sys-process/cronie's LICENSE variable does not reflect init script

Bug 426168 - sys-process/cronie's LICENSE variable does not reflect init script

Summary: sys-process/cronie'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

Importance:	Normal QA (vote)
Assignee:	Lars Wendler (Polynomial-C) (RETIRED)

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Blocks:	init-script-license
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Reported:	2012-07-11 17:30 UTC by Ian Stakenvicius (RETIRED)
Modified:	2013-11-04 12:53 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Ian Stakenvicius (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-07-11 17:30:55 UTC

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

files/anacron-1.0-initd has license line:
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
... and is used by the following ebuilds:
cronie-1.4.8-r1.ebuild:LICENSE="ISC BSD BSD-2"

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 Lars Wendler (Polynomial-C) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2013-11-04 12:53:47 UTC

+  04 Nov 2013; Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@gentoo.org> cronie-1.4.9-r5.ebuild,
+  cronie-1.4.11.ebuild:
+  Added GPL-2 license as init scripts are covered by it (bug #426168).
+