441752 – app-arch/deb2targz: missing license

Bug 441752 - app-arch/deb2targz: missing license

Summary: app-arch/deb2targz: missing license

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Tony Vroon (RETIRED)

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Blocks:	as-is-license
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Reported:	2012-11-04 14:23 UTC by Ulrich Müller
Modified:	2013-04-18 19:23 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Public domain dedication from Mike Taylor (mike-taylor.txt,3.48 KB, text/plain) 2013-04-18 11:13 UTC, Ulrich Müller	Details
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Description Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev

2012-11-04 14:23:40 UTC

It's only a short perl script, but with about 50 lines it's long enough to be copyrightable, so some sort of license is needed.

Comment 1 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev

2013-04-17 20:41:38 UTC

Ping.

Could you try to get a clarification from upstream? Any free software license would be o.k. for us.

Comment 2 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev

2013-04-18 08:47:07 UTC

Mail sent.

Comment 3 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev

2013-04-18 11:13:33 UTC

Created attachment 345886 [details]
Public domain dedication from Mike Taylor

Received attached answer.

Comment 4 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev

2013-04-18 19:23:03 UTC

+  18 Apr 2013; Ulrich Müller <ulm@gentoo.org> -deb2targz-1.ebuild,
+  deb2targz-1-r2.ebuild:
+  Fix LICENSE: placed in the public domain, see bug 441752. Remove old.
+