Bug 144335 – libelf packages mislicenced.

Bug 144335 - libelf packages mislicenced.

Summary:	libelf packages mislicenced.

Status:	CLOSED UPSTREAM

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Product:	Fedora
Classification:	Fedora
Component:	elfutils (Show other bugs)
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Version:	3
Hardware:	All Linux

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Assigned To:	Jeff Johnson
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Reported:	2005-01-05 23:27 EST by Tom "spot" Callaway
Modified:	2007-11-30 17:10 EST (History)
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Last Closed:	2005-02-07 15:24:52 EST
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Description Tom "spot" Callaway 2005-01-05 23:27:17 EST

Description of problem:

The elfutils-libelf and elfutils-libelf-devel packages are mislicenced
in Fedora Core 3. They should be GPL, and are licensed OSL (which is
correct for elfutils and elfutils-devel, but NOT for elfutils-libelf
and elfutils-libelf-devel).

Comment 1 Jeff Johnson 2005-01-06 08:23:12 EST

elfutils (or at least portions) is dual licensed, OSL is preferred.

Comment 2 Tom "spot" Callaway 2005-01-06 10:25:38 EST

Unless RPM is licensed OSL, then having libelf as OSL is a violation
of the GPL. I further clarified with the author of libelf that indeed,
that portion of code was GPL and never OSL.

Comment 3 Jeff Johnson 2005-02-07 15:24:52 EST

elfutils-0.99-2 built exactly as requested.

Anything else should be dealt with through channels other than bugzilla,
hence UPSTREAM.

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