[MacPorts] #67703: gd license should not be marked as conflicting with GPL

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Thu Jun 29 09:16:22 UTC 2023


#67703: gd license should not be marked as conflicting with GPL
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 Reporter:  szhorvat     |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  Normal       |  Milestone:
Component:  base         |    Version:
 Keywords:               |       Port:  gd2
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 Currently, the gd license is marked as conflicting with the GPL, causing
 the gd2 port not to be distributable:

 {{{
 ./port_binary_distributable.tcl -v gd2
 "gd2" is not distributable because its license "gd" conflicts with license
 "GPL-2+" of dependency "x265"
 }}}

 However, the restrictions imposed by the gd license appear to be the same
 as in the 2-clause BSD license, which is GPL-compatible. Compare:

 https://github.com/libgd/libgd/blob/master/COPYING
 https://opensource.org/license/bsd-2-clause/

 I suggest removing this restriction and making gd2 distributable.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/67703>
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