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Bug 464768 - Removal: dev-util/dialogblocks, dev-util/helpblocks: wrong use of "as-is" license
Summary: Removal: dev-util/dialogblocks, dev-util/helpblocks: wrong use of "as-is" lic...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo wxWidgets project
URL:
Whiteboard: Remove 2013-06-05
Keywords: PMASKED
Depends on:
Blocks: as-is-license
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Reported: 2013-04-05 19:37 UTC by Ulrich Müller
Modified: 2013-05-14 03:52 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---


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licenses/Anthemion (Anthemion,2.85 KB, text/plain)
2013-04-05 19:37 UTC, Ulrich Müller
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Description Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev 2013-04-05 19:37:06 UTC
Created attachment 344550 [details]
licenses/Anthemion

dev-util/dialogblocks and dev-util/helpblocks are distributed under attached restrictive license agreement.

IIUC, we are not allowed to redistribute the software, so the ebuilds need to be mirror restricted:
"Anthemion Software hereby grants to the user a temporary, non-exclusive license to use this Software solely for internal purposes. User shall not commercially distribute, sub-license, resell, or otherwise transfer for any consideration, or reproduce for any such purposes, the Software or any modification or derivation thereof, either alone or in conjunction with any other products or programs."

@Licenses team: The license looks like a candidate for the EULA license group.
Comment 1 Ryan Hill (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2013-04-06 19:59:37 UTC
In that case I have no interest in continuing to distribute these packages.  I'll mask and remove them.
Comment 2 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev 2013-04-06 21:06:42 UTC
(In reply to comment #1)
> In that case I have no interest in continuing to distribute these packages. 
> I'll mask and remove them.

It is your right as the packages' maintainer to make this decision, of course.

Just for clarification, I wouldn't see a problem if the ebuilds were marked with LICENSE="Anthemion" and RESTRICT="mirror bindist". We're distributing ebuilds, not the software itself, so the license is only between Anthemion Software and the user.
Comment 3 Ryan Hill (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2013-04-06 21:26:56 UTC
Yep, I understand.  We took these packages in after the maintainer retired years ago.  This is the first time I've really looked at them actually.  We have better options.