[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
Resolution: | Keywords:
Port: pciutils qt6-qtwebengine |
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Comment (by MarcusCalhoun-Lopez):
Replying to [comment:1 jmroot]:
> The uncertainty probably arises from the fact that the actual source
files in the distribution say "Can be freely distributed and used under
the terms of the GNU GPL," with no version(s) specified (the COPYING file
contains GPLv2).
Just to add to the ambiguity,
[https://github.com/pciutils/pciutils/blob/master/compat/getopt.c
getopt.c] and
[https://github.com/pciutils/pciutils/blob/master/compat/getopt.h
getopt.h]
do include
{{{
Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
later version.
}}}
I did not check them all, but a sampling of the different package managers
for [https://repology.org/project/pciutils/versions pciutils] seems to
indicate most of them view the license as GPL 2.\\
As I am not an expert in these matters, I think the safest course of
action would be to contact the upstream developers.
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/67602#comment:3>
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