666712 – app-text/jabref-bin please verify licenses and restrictions

Bug 666712 - app-text/jabref-bin please verify licenses and restrictions

Summary: app-text/jabref-bin please verify licenses and restrictions

Status:	CONFIRMED

Alias:	None

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

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Nicolas Bock

URL:	https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issu...
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Reported:	2018-09-21 17:56 UTC by Jonas Stein
Modified:	2018-09-25 20:38 UTC (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Description Jonas Stein gentoo-dev

2018-09-21 17:56:07 UTC

I just read the upstream ticket
https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/3703

It looks to me that a non free lib [1] was compiled in the binary and the binary was distributed as free software.

[1] https://wiki.debian.org/qa.debian.org/jsonevil

Comment 1 Nicolas Bock gentoo-dev

2018-09-25 19:41:08 UTC

Does that mean that we should add this license to portage and then ask the user to agree to it?

Comment 2 Kristian Fiskerstrand (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2018-09-25 20:38:49 UTC

(In reply to Nicolas Bock from comment #1)
> Does that mean that we should add this license to portage and then ask the
> user to agree to it?

yes