447394 – dev-util/cpuinfo-collection: LICENSE should be "public-domain"

Bug 447394 - dev-util/cpuinfo-collection: LICENSE should be "public-domain"

Summary: dev-util/cpuinfo-collection: LICENSE should be "public-domain"

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

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

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages

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Keywords:	QAcanfix

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Blocks:	as-is-license
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Reported:	2012-12-15 19:05 UTC by Ulrich Müller
Modified:	2012-12-16 22:32 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev

2012-12-15 19:05:38 UTC

This is just a collection of /proc/cpuinfo output from different machines.
There's no license included with the package, but I doubt that this material is copyrightable.

@License team: Your opinion please.

Comment 1 Matija "hook" Šuklje 2012-12-16 20:17:36 UTC

I would argue it’s not copyrightable.

And unless putting it together required some intellectual work which causes added value, I’d consider it not even protected under the DB rights in the EU.

Comment 2 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev

2012-12-16 22:32:55 UTC

Fixed in CVS.

(Not sure though if this package is still useful. Newest version is 6 years old.)