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Bug 519972 - >=net-analyzer/nb-0.8.17 - new license is MIT only?
Summary: >=net-analyzer/nb-0.8.17 - new license is MIT only?
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Netmon project
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Reported: 2014-08-15 09:01 UTC by Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED)
Modified: 2014-08-15 12:13 UTC (History)
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LICENSE.txt (LICENSE.txt,1.87 KB, text/plain)
2014-08-15 09:01 UTC, Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED)
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Description Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2014-08-15 09:01:38 UTC
Created attachment 382918 [details]
LICENSE.txt

I'm not sure whether the new net-analyzer/nb license is simply MIT or whether the latter part constitutes an additional license that should be added as licenses/NodeBrain.
Comment 1 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev 2014-08-15 10:58:44 UTC
It is dual licensed:
"[...] you can modify and/or redistribute it under the terms of either the MIT License (Expat) or the NodeBrain License."

We can choose to distribute the package under the MIT license. In addition, the "NodeBrain License" is very close to MIT, so I'd simply say LICENSE="MIT" and ignore the second part.

The alternative would be LICENSE="|| ( MIT NodeBrain )", but I don't see what we would gain by adding another permissive license file that is practically equivalent to MIT.
Comment 2 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2014-08-15 12:13:07 UTC
LICENSE=MIT is already in place. Maybe we can revive this bug if a user requests it (which I doubt).