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Bug 445310 - app-i18n/canfep: unclear license
Summary: app-i18n/canfep: unclear license
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: CJK Team
URL:
Whiteboard:
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks: as-is-license
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Reported: 2012-11-30 09:13 UTC by Ulrich Müller
Modified: 2013-04-17 18:43 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---


Attachments
licenses/canfep (canfep,391 bytes, text/plain)
2013-04-16 06:21 UTC, Ulrich Müller
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Description Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev 2012-11-30 09:13:34 UTC
The ebuild currently has LICENSE="as-is". Both the 00readme file included in the tarball and the HOMEPAGE are in Japanese only.

@cjk team: Can you help?
Comment 1 Keshav Kini 2012-12-04 00:08:19 UTC
I'm not in the CJK team, but if it helps, the relevant section says, "This isn't much of a program, so please boil it, roast it, or do whatever you want with it. For my part, I will not take responsibility for it under any circumstances." (The boil/roast thing is a Japanese idiom.)
Comment 2 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev 2012-12-04 06:59:32 UTC
It's this section, I assume:

   著作権
   ------

   大したプログラムでもありませんので,煮るなり焼くなり好きにして下さい.
   そのかわり私は,なにがあっても責任は取りません.

(In reply to comment #1)
> I'm not in the CJK team, but if it helps, the relevant section says, "This
> isn't much of a program, so please boil it, roast it, or do whatever you
> want with it. For my part, I will not take responsibility for it under any
> circumstances." (The boil/roast thing is a Japanese idiom.)

Thanks. "Do whatever you want" would imply that it's allowed to modify and redistribute the program, i.e. that it's Free Software?
Comment 3 Keshav Kini 2012-12-04 09:17:19 UTC
(In reply to comment #2)
> It's this section, I assume:
> 
>    著作権
>    ------
> 
>    大したプログラムでもありませんので,煮るなり焼くなり好きにして下さい.
>    そのかわり私は,なにがあっても責任は取りません.

Yes, correct. The section header says "Copyright". The body is as I translated above.

> (In reply to comment #1)
> > I'm not in the CJK team, but if it helps, the relevant section says, "This
> > isn't much of a program, so please boil it, roast it, or do whatever you
> > want with it. For my part, I will not take responsibility for it under any
> > circumstances." (The boil/roast thing is a Japanese idiom.)
> 
> Thanks. "Do whatever you want" would imply that it's allowed to modify and
> redistribute the program, i.e. that it's Free Software?

There's nothing special about the phrasing used in that sentence that would make me think otherwise. Just treat it the same as if it were in English, "do whatever you want with it". Sounds kind of like WTFPL to me :)
Comment 4 Naohiro Aota gentoo-dev 2013-04-15 02:04:03 UTC
Could you comment about what license would be suitable for this package?

- It allows anything you want to do.
- The author won't take any responsibity for any result
Comment 5 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev 2013-04-15 06:00:00 UTC
(In reply to comment #4)
> Could you comment about what license would be suitable for this package?

I suggest that we add an own license file for it. Best would be if we could get some statement in English from the author.

If that isn't possible, we could put the snippet from comment #2 into the file. This should be followed by a "Gentoo license note" explaining what the terms are. Maybe just this:

> - It allows anything you want to do.
> - The author won't take any responsibity for any result
Comment 6 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev 2013-04-16 06:21:32 UTC
Created attachment 345660 [details]
licenses/canfep

(In reply to comment #5)
> [...] we could put the snippet from comment #2 into the file. This should
> be followed by a "Gentoo license note" explaining what the terms are.

As attached. If there are no objections, I'll commit this in a few days, and also add it to the MISC-FREE license group.
Comment 7 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev 2013-04-17 18:43:42 UTC
Fixed.