Bug 444408 – app-backup/amanda: LICENSE should be "HPND BSD GPL-2 GPL-2+" (version =2.6*) and "HPND BSD BSD-2 GPL-2+ GPL-3+" (version =3*)

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Ulrich Müller 2012-11-23 09:18:31 UTC]

According to headers of source files, LICENSE in ebuilds should be as follows:
=amanda-2.6*: "HPND BSD GPL-2 GPL-2+"
=amanda-3*: "HPND BSD BSD-2 GPL-2 GPL-3+"

As far as I can see, for amanda-3* the C files in perl/amglue are licensed GPL-2 only, but link against a gnulib version licensed as GPL-3+. This would violate section 6 of GPL-2 (and the ebuild would need RESTRICT="bindist").
This should be sorted out upstream.

[Comment 1 Dustin J. Mitchell 2012-11-23 23:38:41 UTC]

Background discussion:
  http://marc.info/?t=135030253300002&r=1&w=2

tl;dr is that Amanda devs didn't notice the license change in gnulib, and the resolution was to relicense Amanda under GPL-2+.

Amanda-2.6 was *not* licensed as GPL-2+, although since that's no longer maintained the distinction is probably not important.

[Comment 2 Ulrich Müller 2012-12-14 11:05:43 UTC]

(In reply to comment #1)
> tl;dr is that Amanda devs didn't notice the license change in gnulib, and
> the resolution was to relicense Amanda under GPL-2+.

OK, so LICENSE should be:

=amanda-2.6*: "HPND BSD GPL-2 GPL-2+"
=amanda-3*: "HPND BSD BSD-2 GPL-2+ GPL-3+"

> Amanda-2.6 was *not* licensed as GPL-2+, although since that's no longer
> maintained the distinction is probably not important.

And it's fine, because the gnulib include in 2.6 is still GPL-2+. So no conflicts there.

Fixed in CVS.