[MacPorts] #69760: libnice fails to build

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#69760: libnice fails to build
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  Reporter:  Fut1l3   |      Owner:  dbevans
      Type:  defect   |     Status:  assigned
  Priority:  Normal   |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports    |    Version:  2.9.3
Resolution:           |   Keywords:
      Port:  libnice  |
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Comment (by ryandesign):

 Replying to [comment:4 qwertychouskie]:
 > According to this, libnice is dual-licensed as both MPLv1.1 and
 LGPLv2.1:
 https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libnice/libnice/-/blob/master/COPYING?ref_type=heads
 >
 > LGPL2.1 should be fully compatible with GPL3+ as far as I understand, so
 it should be fine distribute binaries.

 The link you provided does not say the project is dual-licensed. It says:

 "The Nice Glib ICE library is licensed under both the Mozilla Public
 License
 version 1.1 and the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1. For the
 full text of these licenses, see the files COPYING.MPL and COPYING.LGPL
 respectively."

 Dual-licensed would mean the user could choose to use one license or the
 other one. But it does not say that it is dual-licensed. It does not say
 that the user may choose one or the other. It says that it is licensed
 under both licenses: MPL ''and'' LGPL, suggesting that the user must
 comply with the terms of both licenses, and this is what is expressed in
 the MacPorts portfile. You could file a bug report with the developers of
 libnice to ask if they intended it to be dual-licensed and to give the
 user a choice of license. If that's what they intended, they should
 clarify the wording. If and when they do, let us know here so we can
 update the portfile.

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