Source: ghdl
X-Debbugs-Cc: dfsg-team, [email protected]
Version: 6.0.0+dfsg2-1
Severity: serious
Tags: upstream
Following stanzas in d/copyright are not DFSG compatible.
Files: libraries/mentor/*
Copyright: 1993 by Mentor Graphics
License: Mentor
This source file is proprietary information of Mentor Graphics,Inc.
It may be distributed in whole without restriction provided that
this copyright statement is not removed from the file and that
any derivative work contains this copyright notice.
It is explicit labeled as 'proprietary information'.
There is no explicit permission to use.
The text lacks the standard warranty and liability disclaimers
that are typical and necessary in established free software licenses.
So it is uncertainly legal. (Tentacle of Evil)
Files: libraries/synopsys/*
Copyright: 1990-1992, Synopsys, Inc.
License: synopsys
This source file may be used and distributed without restriction
provided that this copyright statement is not removed from the file
and that any derivative work contains this copyright notice.
There is no explicit permission to modify, which is mentioned in DFSG #3
Following stanzas must be improved:
Files: testsuite/synth/issue1926/*ecp5pll.vhdl
testsuite/synth/issue2334/*ecp5pll*.vhd
testsuite/synth/issue2339/*ecp5pll.vhd
Copyright: EMARD
License: Unspecified-BSD
Files: testsuite/gna/issue283/Makefile.ghdl
testsuite/gna/issue301/Makefile
Copyright: 2014-2015 Potential Ventures Ltd
License: BSD-3-clause-Potential-Ventures
It is enough to declare it as BSD-3-clause
--
Mechtilde Stehmann
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