Bug 200021 - graphics/libvisual04: bogus LICENSE (GPLv2 vs. LGPL21)
Summary: graphics/libvisual04: bogus LICENSE (GPLv2 vs. LGPL21)
Status: Closed FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Ports & Packages
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Individual Port(s) (show other bugs)
Version: Latest
Hardware: Any Any
: --- Affects Only Me
Assignee: Chris Rees
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Reported: 2015-05-07 02:43 UTC by Jan Beich
Modified: 2015-07-03 18:07 UTC (History)
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fix (709 bytes, patch)
2015-05-07 02:43 UTC, Jan Beich
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Description Jan Beich freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2015-05-07 02:43:05 UTC
Created attachment 156452 [details]
fix

According to the project page on sf.net the license is "GNU Library or Lesser General Public License version 2.0 (LGPLv2)". However, looking in COPYING file within tarball it's actually LGPL v2.1. Ports framework already provides such license.

  $ make extract
  $ diff -uwr $(make -V PORTSDIR)/Templates/Licenses/LGPL21 \
              $(make -V WRKSRC)/COPYING

  # after applying the patch
  $ make install
  $ head /usr/local/share/licenses/libvisual04-0.4.0_5/LGPL21
                    GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
                         Version 2.1, February 1999

   Copyright (C) 1991, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
   Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
   of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.

  [This is the first released version of the Lesser GPL.  It also counts
   as the successor of the GNU Library Public License, version 2, hence
Comment 1 Chris Rees freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2015-07-03 18:07:43 UTC
Committed, thanks.