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