Description of problem: The RPM spec for less says less's license is GPLv3+ whereas it should be BSD(-like). Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): less-471-4.fc22.x86_64 How reproducible: Reproducible every time. Steps to Reproduce: 1. rpm -qi less | grep Lic Actual results: License : GPLv3+ Expected results: License : BSD Additional info: less is one of the few GNU projects (along with ncurses) that doesn't have a GPL license despite what http://www.gnu.org/software/less/ says. /usr/share/licenses/less/LICENSE seems to look two clause BSD like (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:BSD?rd=Licensing/BSD#2ClauseBSD ) and was flagged as BSD by FOSSology.
Further inspection seems to suggest it's actually dual licensed: GPLv3 and BSD. From the README: [...] This program is free software. You may redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: 1. The GNU General Public License, as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any later version. A copy of this license is in the file COPYING. or 2. The Less License, in the file LICENSE. So Expected results: License : GPLv3+ or BSD
less-479-2.fc23 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 23. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2015-14867
less-471-5.fc22 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 22. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2015-14870
This release doesn't appear to fix the license issue in the RPM spec itself: # rpm -qi less Name : less Version : 471 Release : 5.fc22 Architecture: x86_64 Install Date: Thu 03 Sep 2015 06:55:16 BST Group : Applications/Text Size : 298361 License : GPLv3+ http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/less.git/commit/?h=f22&id=12956e7bcd23072fa08a0caf67458b8401a1eae7 shows the spec changing the files that are packaged but there's no change to the license field itself.
less-479-2.fc23 has been pushed to the Fedora 23 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.\nIf you want to test the update, you can install it with \n su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update less'. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2015-14867
less-471-5.fc22 has been pushed to the Fedora 22 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.\nIf you want to test the update, you can install it with \n su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update less'. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2015-14870
less-479-2.fc23 has been pushed to the Fedora 23 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Hang on - I don't think the problem is fixed. See comment #4 - the license in the RPM spec file is unchanged...
less-471-5.fc22 has been pushed to the Fedora 22 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.