Previously, the License field was “GPLv2+ and GPLv2 and GPLv3+ and
LGPLv2+ and BSD and MIT and Boost”.
This is corrected and simplified as follows:
The GPLv2-only sources were removed downstream some time ago, and the
functionality they provide patched out, since their license is
incompatible with that of the GPLv3+ sources. The “GPLv2” term should
have been removed from the License field at that time. The license
compatibility problem was reported upstream, but upstream is currently
inactive and has not responded.
The GPLv3+, LGPLv2+, BSD, MIT, and Boost files are all C or C++ sources
that are combined into the application executables, resulting in an
effective license of GPLv3+ for those executables.
All other files that are installed as part of the binary RPMs are
GPLv2+, except the AppData XML file, which is CC0. There is significant
precedent in Fedora for leaving CC0 out of the License field when
it only applies to an AppData file. (Search the devel and legal lists if
curious).
Therefore, the License for the base package is now “GPLv2+ and GPLv3+”,
with a suitable explanation in a spec file comment. The License for the
luminance-hdr-data subpackage is simply “GPLv2+”.
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