Re: License doubts during review of the bijiben package

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On Fri, 2013-03-15 at 16:29 +0800, Mathieu Bridon wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm reviewing bijiben:
>     https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=919265
> 
> Pierre-Yves is both the submitter of the package as well as the upstream
> developer.
> 
> The review is in a state where I think the package can be approved,
> except for the license.
> 
> I'm having doubts about the value of the license tag, but that's mostly
> because it's slightly more complicated than what I've dealt with until
> now.
> 
> I've looked at all the source files, and the result appears to me to be:
>     GPLv3+ and (LGPLv2 or LGPLv3) and LGPLv2+
> 
> - The LGPLv2+ files are libgd, which is (by design) bundled into
>   bijiben.
> - The "LGPLv2 or LGPLv3" files come from Evolution
> - The GPLv3+ is most of the software, it is the source code for bijiben
> 
> Pierre-Yves simplified that to:
>     GPLv3+ and LGPLv3 and LGPLv2+
> 
> Which I don't think is a problem.
> 
> Could anyone have a look and confirm that the License tag is correct?
> 
> I'm sure I'm being overly worried for no reason and it's a very simple
> case, but as I said, I've never reviewed a package with so many licenses
> before. :)

Anyone?


-- 
Mathieu

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