[MacPorts] #67602: pciutils: change license to GPL-2+

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Fri Jun 9 18:09:43 UTC 2023


#67602: pciutils: change license to GPL-2+
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 Reporter:  reneeotten   |      Owner:  MarcusCalhoun-Lopez
     Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  assigned
 Priority:  Normal       |  Milestone:
Component:  ports        |    Version:  2.8.1
 Keywords:               |       Port:  pciutils qt6-qtwebengine
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 Currently the {{{qt6-qtwebengine}}} port is non-distributable because of:
 {{{
 ❯ ./port_binary_distributable.tcl -v  qt6-qtwebengine
 "qt6-qtwebengine" is not distributable because its license
 "OpenSSLException" conflicts with license "GPL-2" of dependency "pciutils"
 }}}

 However, upstream states in the {{{README}}} on their website:
 {{{
 Copyright (c) 1997--2022 Martin Mares <mj at ucw.cz>

 All files in this package can be freely distributed and used according
 to the terms of the GNU General Public License, either version 2 or
 (at your opinion) any newer version. See https://www.gnu.org/ for details.
 }}}

 but that information isn't clear from the {{{COPYING}}} file.

 If we would change the {{{license}}} to {{{GPL-2+}}} that would make the
 {{{qt6-qtwebengine}}} distributable, which would be very useful.

 @Marcus: do you feel comfortable making this change or would you like me
 to reach out to upstream for confirmation?

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/67602>
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