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

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Sun Jun 11 01:49:35 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
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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