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Bug 592394 - dev-vcs/subversion package license appears to be incorrect
Summary: dev-vcs/subversion package license appears to be incorrect
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Andreas K. Hüttel
URL: https://subversion.apache.org/downloa...
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Reported: 2016-08-29 19:54 UTC by Eric Johnson
Modified: 2020-10-25 17:55 UTC (History)
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Description Eric Johnson 2016-08-29 19:54:24 UTC
The License information on the Subversion package indicates a "Subversion" license, as well as "GPL-2".

Following the "Subversion" license leads me here:
https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/plain/licenses/Subversion

This file is clearly wrong, as it is the copyright applied to the code prior to migration to the Apache foundation (and last updated over a decade ago).

Downloading the source distribution to Subversion (https://subversion.apache.org/download.cgi), the LICENSE file indicates a bunch Apache 2, BSD 3-clause and other licenses, but no GPL v2.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Download the source for Subversion.

Inspect the LICENSE file. For completeness, you can also look at the "NOTICE" file.
Actual Results:  
License information contained in LICENSE file bears no resemblance to the license information captured by Gentoo's packaging of Subversion.

Expected Results:  
Expect no GPL2, references to ASL 2, and maybe references to BSD 3.
Comment 1 Larry the Git Cow gentoo-dev 2020-10-25 17:39:00 UTC
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s):

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=1566440b7e44bb23abb52e0c596f55e2ce8431b4

commit 1566440b7e44bb23abb52e0c596f55e2ce8431b4
Author:     Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge@gentoo.org>
AuthorDate: 2020-10-25 17:38:08 +0000
Commit:     Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge@gentoo.org>
CommitDate: 2020-10-25 17:38:45 +0000

    dev-vcs/subversion: Fix license
    
    Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/592394
    Package-Manager: Portage-3.0.8, Repoman-3.0.2
    Signed-off-by: Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge@gentoo.org>

 dev-vcs/subversion/subversion-1.14.0-r1.ebuild | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Additionally, it has been referenced in the following commit(s):

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=bbe9b5fe722ca7b7e8483b13c433c055247f764f

commit bbe9b5fe722ca7b7e8483b13c433c055247f764f
Author:     Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge@gentoo.org>
AuthorDate: 2020-10-25 17:36:04 +0000
Commit:     Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge@gentoo.org>
CommitDate: 2020-10-25 17:38:41 +0000

    licenses, profiles: Add FSFAP
    
    Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/592394
    Signed-off-by: Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge@gentoo.org>

 licenses/FSFAP          | 4 ++++
 profiles/license_groups | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
Comment 2 Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis 2020-10-25 17:55:18 UTC
https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/tree/dev-vcs/subversion/files/svnserve.initd3?id=22fd7b2d4764535bd3afc37728df1015b0294467 says:
"Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, v2 or later"