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Bug 446540 - net-misc/ncp: unclear license
Summary: net-misc/ncp: 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: Michael Weber (RETIRED)
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Blocks: as-is-license
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Reported: 2012-12-08 22:14 UTC by Ulrich Müller
Modified: 2014-04-14 12:18 UTC (History)
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Description Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev 2012-12-08 22:14:06 UTC
The ebuild currently has LICENSE="as-is" which most likely is wrong.

- No license is included in the package's tarball.
- I cannot find any license information on the HOMEPAGE.

Can you please ask upstream for clarification under with terms this package can be distributed?
Comment 1 Michael Weber (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2012-12-08 22:35:12 UTC
Can you please ask yourself, before filing these bugs?
Comment 2 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev 2012-12-08 23:21:45 UTC
(In reply to comment #1)
> Can you please ask yourself, before filing these bugs?

It's your responsibility as the maintainer to sort this out, before the initial import of the ebuild. Especially, here it's not even clear if redistribution of the package is allowed, so the distfile shouldn't be on our mirrors.

This said, myself or another member of the licenses team may eventually contact upstream for those packages that have an unclear license. But we need a bug anyway, in order to trace the issue.
Comment 3 Michael Weber (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2012-12-09 00:56:25 UTC
hereby done, i'll reply the answer and change the package accordingly.
Comment 4 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev 2013-01-24 13:29:01 UTC
Any news?
Comment 5 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev 2014-04-14 09:18:10 UTC
"ncp --version" outputs the following message:

   Written by Felix von Leitner <felix-ncp@fefe.de>
   This is free software; copy and use it as you like.  No warranty.

Mail to upstream sent, asking for clarification.
Comment 6 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev 2014-04-14 12:14:28 UTC
I've received an answer (Message-ID <534BC663.9020704@fefe.de>) from Felix von Leitner, clarifying that ncp is in the public domain:

libowfat ist GPL, ncp ist public domain.
Comment 7 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev 2014-04-14 12:18:03 UTC
LICENSE in ebuild fixed.