Hello,
on Montag, 30. Juli 2007, Juergen Weigert wrote:
> On Jul 29, 07 00:28:32 +0200, Christian Boltz wrote:
> > BTW: I'm curious about the legal status of packages with
> > License: No license agreement found in package
> > ... ;-)
>
> This is an error.
> If you spot any of these after Alpha6, please file a bug.
I'm afraid it's not only one bug I have to file...
From Factory ARCHIVES.gz (zgrep "No license" | sort | uniq -c) as of
today:
3 Artistic License, No license agreement found in package,
accepted by IBM (said to be GPL)
4 GPL v2 or later, No license agreement found in package
3 LGPL v2 or later, No license agreement found in package
33 No license agreement found in package
3 No license agreement found in package, Public Domain, Freeware
2 No license agreement found in package, Public Domain, Freeware,
(C) International Organization for Standardization 1986
17 No license agreement found in package, this package contains
only pictures, sounds and icons, but no code. I can not define
any license. This package will be part of the official KDE 2.2
release.
The detailed list, including package names, is attached.
What do you prefer: One report for all, or one per package (which would
mean *lots of* reports)?
Also interesting: There are several license tags in german:
52 BSD 3-Clause, Mit dem Zusatz (aus COPYING):
1 GPL v2 or later, NACHFOLGEND SIND DIE VERTRAGSBEDINGUNGEN F R
DIE BENUTZUNG UND DEN ERWERB VON
Another problem: Several packages seem to contain multi-line licenses,
but ARCHIVES.gz only contains the first line of it (grep
for "License: .*:$").
Is this also worth bugreports? (If yes: against the packages, against
rpm or against the script generating ARCHIVES.gz?)
The "best" i found is:
3 GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 (GFDL), see
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=277387
Needless to say that bug 277387 resolves to "access denied" :-(
There are some other minor problems, sometimes it seems like internal
notes were put to the license tag. If you find some free time, read
zgrep License: ARCHIVES.gz |sed 's/.*License: //' |sort | uniq -c
(about 330 lines)
So: How many bugreports shall I file? ;-)
Regards,
Christian Boltz
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./inst-source1/suse/ppc/xmorph-20060817-78.ppc.rpm: License: No license
agreement found in package
./inst-source1/suse/ppc/wireless-tools-29pre21-7.ppc.rpm: License: LGPL v2
or later, No license agreement found in package
./inst-source1/suse/ppc/csindex-19980713-582.ppc.rpm: License: No license
agreement found in package
./inst-source1/suse/ppc/kdeartwork4-3.92.0-4.ppc.rpm: License: No license
agreement found in package, this package contains only pictures, sounds and
icons, but no code. I can not define any license. This package will be part of
the official KDE 2.2 release.
./inst-source1/suse/ppc/mfsm-1.4-359.ppc.rpm: License: No license agreement
found in package
./inst-source1/suse/ppc/kdeartwork4-kwin-3.92.0-4.ppc.rpm: License: No
license agreement found in package, this package contains only pictures, sounds
and icons, but no code. I can not define any license. This package will be part
of the official KDE 2.2 release.
./inst-source1/suse/ppc/kdeartwork4-screensaver-3.92.0-4.ppc.rpm: License:
No license agreement found in package, this package contains only pictures,
sounds and icons, but no code. I can not define any license. This package will
be part of the official KDE 2.2 release.
./inst-source1/suse/ppc/pmb-2.2-994.ppc.rpm: License: No license agreement
found in package
./inst-source1/suse/ppc/xmorph-devel-20060817-78.ppc.rpm: License: No
license agreement found in package
./inst-source1/suse/ppc/perl-gettext-1.05-63.ppc.rpm: License: Artistic
License, No license agreement found in package, accepted by IBM (said to be GPL)
./inst-source1/suse/ppc/nttcp-1.47-193.ppc.rpm: License: No license
agreement found in package
./inst-source1/suse/ppc/a2ac-1.1-578.ppc.rpm: License: No license agreement
found in package
./inst-source1/suse/src/ripit-3.6.0-8.src.rpm: License: GPL v2 or later, No
license agreement found in package
./inst-source1/suse/src/perl-gettext-1.05-63.src.rpm: License: Artistic
License, No license agreement found in package, accepted by IBM (said to be GPL)
./inst-source1/suse/src/appdefko-3.3.5-626.src.rpm: License: No license
agreement found in package
./inst-source1/suse/src/tei_3-2001.1.8-154.src.rpm: License: No license
agreement found in package, Public Domain, Freeware
./inst-source1/suse/src/pmb-2.2-996.src.rpm: License: No license agreement
found in package
./inst-source1/suse/src/xslide-0.2.2-84.src.rpm: License: GPL v2 or later,
No license agreement found in package
./inst-source1/suse/src/nttcp-1.47-193.src.rpm: License: No license
agreement found in package
./inst-source1/suse/src/a2ac-1.1-578.src.rpm: License: No license agreement
found in package
./inst-source1/suse/src/kdeartwork4-noarch-3.92.0-2.src.rpm: License: No
license agreement found in package, this package contains only pictures, sounds
and icons, but no code. I can not define any license. This package will be part
of the official KDE 2.2 release.
./inst-source1/suse/src/kdeartwork4-3.92.0-7.src.rpm: License: No license
agreement found in package, this package contains only pictures, sounds and
icons, but no code. I can not define any license. This package will be part of
the official KDE 2.2 release.
./inst-source1/suse/src/xmorph-20060817-78.src.rpm: License: No license
agreement found in package
./inst-source1/suse/src/wireless-tools-29pre21-7.src.rpm: License: LGPL v2
or later, No license agreement found in package
./inst-source1/suse/src/appdefko-3.3.5-627.src.rpm: License: No license
agreement found in package
./inst-source1/suse/src/tei_3-2001.1.8-155.src.rpm: License: No license
agreement found in package, Public Domain, Freeware
./inst-source1/suse/src/iso_ent-2000.11.03-724.src.rpm: License: No license
agreement found in package, Public Domain, Freeware, (C) International
Organization for Standardization 1986
./inst-source1/suse/src/csindex-19980713-582.src.rpm: License: No license
agreement found in package
./inst-source1/suse/src/kdeartwork4-3.92.0-4.src.rpm: License: No license
agreement found in package, this package contains only pictures, sounds and
icons, but no code. I can not define any license. This package will be part of
the official KDE 2.2 release.
./inst-source1/suse/src/mfsm-1.4-359.src.rpm: License: No license agreement
found in package
./inst-source1/suse/src/csindex-19980713-584.src.rpm: License: No license
agreement found in package
./inst-source1/suse/src/nttcp-1.47-194.src.rpm: License: No license
agreement found in package
./inst-source1/suse/src/a2ac-1.1-579.src.rpm: License: No license agreement
found in package
./inst-source1/suse/src/mfsm-1.4-360.src.rpm: License: No license agreement
found in package
./inst-source1/suse/src/pmb-2.2-994.src.rpm: License: No license agreement
found in package
./inst-source1/suse/i586/kdeartwork4-3.92.0-4.i586.rpm: License: No license
agreement found in package, this package contains only pictures, sounds and
icons, but no code. I can not define any license. This package will be part of
the official KDE 2.2 release.
./inst-source1/suse/i586/kdeartwork4-screensaver-3.92.0-4.i586.rpm: License:
No license agreement found in package, this package contains only pictures,
sounds and icons, but no code. I can not define any license. This package will
be part of the official KDE 2.2 release.
./inst-source1/suse/i586/perl-gettext-1.05-63.i586.rpm: License: Artistic
License, No license agreement found in package, accepted by IBM (said to be GPL)
./inst-source1/suse/i586/a2ac-1.1-578.i586.rpm: License: No license
agreement found in package
./inst-source1/suse/i586/pmb-2.2-994.i586.rpm: License: No license agreement
found in package
./inst-source1/suse/i586/wireless-tools-29pre21-7.i586.rpm: License: LGPL v2
or later, No license agreement found in package
./inst-source1/suse/i586/xmorph-devel-20060817-78.i586.rpm: License: No
license agreement found in package
./inst-source1/suse/i586/csindex-19980713-582.i586.rpm: License: No license
agreement found in package
./inst-source1/suse/i586/kdeartwork4-kwin-3.92.0-4.i586.rpm: License: No
license agreement found in package, this package contains only pictures, sounds
and icons, but no code. I can not define any license. This package will be part
of the official KDE 2.2 release.
./inst-source1/suse/i586/mfsm-1.4-359.i586.rpm: License: No license
agreement found in package
./inst-source1/suse/i586/nttcp-1.47-193.i586.rpm: License: No license
agreement found in package
./inst-source1/suse/i586/xmorph-20060817-78.i586.rpm: License: No license
agreement found in package
./inst-source1/suse/noarch/kdeartwork4-icons-3.92.0-2.noarch.rpm: License:
No license agreement found in package, this package contains only pictures,
sounds and icons, but no code. I can not define any license. This package will
be part of the official KDE 2.2 release.
./inst-source1/suse/noarch/iso_ent-2000.11.03-724.noarch.rpm: License: No
license agreement found in package, Public Domain, Freeware, (C) International
Organization for Standardization 1986
./inst-source1/suse/noarch/tei_3-2001.1.8-154.noarch.rpm: License: No
license agreement found in package, Public Domain, Freeware
./inst-source1/suse/noarch/xslide-0.2.2-84.noarch.rpm: License: GPL v2 or
later, No license agreement found in package
./inst-source1/suse/noarch/kdeartwork4-wallpapers-3.92.0-2.noarch.rpm:
License: No license agreement found in package, this package contains only
pictures, sounds and icons, but no code. I can not define any license. This
package will be part of the official KDE 2.2 release.
./inst-source1/suse/noarch/appdefko-3.3.5-626.noarch.rpm: License: No
license agreement found in package
./inst-source1/suse/noarch/kdeartwork4-emoticons-3.92.0-2.noarch.rpm:
License: No license agreement found in package, this package contains only
pictures, sounds and icons, but no code. I can not define any license. This
package will be part of the official KDE 2.2 release.
./inst-source1/suse/noarch/kdeartwork4-sounds-3.92.0-2.noarch.rpm: License:
No license agreement found in package, this package contains only pictures,
sounds and icons, but no code. I can not define any license. This package will
be part of the official KDE 2.2 release.
./inst-source1/suse/noarch/kdeartwork4-kworldclock-3.92.0-2.noarch.rpm:
License: No license agreement found in package, this package contains only
pictures, sounds and icons, but no code. I can not define any license. This
package will be part of the official KDE 2.2 release.
./inst-source1/suse/noarch/ripit-3.6.0-8.noarch.rpm: License: GPL v2 or
later, No license agreement found in package
./inst-source1/suse/x86_64/kdeartwork4-3.92.0-7.x86_64.rpm: License: No
license agreement found in package, this package contains only pictures, sounds
and icons, but no code. I can not define any license. This package will be part
of the official KDE 2.2 release.
./inst-source1/suse/x86_64/nttcp-1.47-194.x86_64.rpm: License: No license
agreement found in package
./inst-source1/suse/x86_64/mfsm-1.4-360.x86_64.rpm: License: No license
agreement found in package
./inst-source1/suse/x86_64/kdeartwork4-screensaver-3.92.0-7.x86_64.rpm:
License: No license agreement found in package, this package contains only
pictures, sounds and icons, but no code. I can not define any license. This
package will be part of the official KDE 2.2 release.
./inst-source1/suse/x86_64/pmb-2.2-996.x86_64.rpm: License: No license
agreement found in package
./inst-source1/suse/x86_64/kdeartwork4-kwin-3.92.0-7.x86_64.rpm: License: No
license agreement found in package, this package contains only pictures, sounds
and icons, but no code. I can not define any license. This package will be part
of the official KDE 2.2 release.
./inst-source1/suse/x86_64/a2ac-1.1-579.x86_64.rpm: License: No license
agreement found in package
./inst-source1/suse/x86_64/csindex-19980713-584.x86_64.rpm: License: No
license agreement found in package
