Bug 2369370 - License information is wrong.
Summary: License information is wrong.
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Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: Fedora EPEL
Classification: Fedora
Component: novnc
Version: epel9
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jonathan Wright
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2025-05-30 08:06 UTC by kajinamit
Modified: 2025-05-30 08:07 UTC (History)
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Description kajinamit 2025-05-30 08:06:31 UTC
Description of problem:

novnc changed its license to MPL-2.0 some time ago[1].

[1] https://github.com/novnc/noVNC/commit/1d728ace69917af62efd392508cd0d029fd5a6a7

However the package information starts that it uses GPLv3.
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$ rpm -qpi novnc-1.4.0-1.el9.noarch.rpm 
Name        : novnc
Version     : 1.4.0
Release     : 1.el9
Architecture: noarch
Install Date: (not installed)
Group       : Unspecified
Size        : 1905497
License     : GPLv3
Signature   : (none)
Source RPM  : novnc-1.4.0-1.el9.src.rpm
Build Date  : Sat 16 Sep 2023 04:38:39 AM JST
Build Host  : buildvm-s390x-22.s390.fedoraproject.org
Packager    : Fedora Project
Vendor      : Fedora Project
URL         : https://github.com/novnc/noVNC
Bug URL     : https://bugz.fedoraproject.org/novnc
Summary     : VNC client using HTML5 (Web Sockets, Canvas) with encryption support
Description :
noVNC is both a HTML VNC client JavaScript library and an application built on
top of that library. noVNC runs well in any modern browser including mobile
browsers (iOS and Android).
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$ rpm -qpi novnc-1.5.0-1.el10_0.noarch.rpm 
Name        : novnc
Version     : 1.5.0
Release     : 1.el10_0
Architecture: noarch
Install Date: (not installed)
Group       : Unspecified
Size        : 1923240
License     : GPL-3.0-only
Signature   : (none)
Source RPM  : novnc-1.5.0-1.el10_0.src.rpm
Build Date  : Thu 22 Aug 2024 10:42:12 PM JST
Build Host  : buildhw-a64-10.iad2.fedoraproject.org
Packager    : Fedora Project
Vendor      : Fedora Project
URL         : https://github.com/novnc/noVNC
Bug URL     : https://bugz.fedoraproject.org/novnc
Summary     : VNC client using HTML5 (Web Sockets, Canvas) with encryption support
Description :
noVNC is both a HTML VNC client JavaScript library and an application built on
top of that library. noVNC runs well in any modern browser including mobile
browsers (iOS and Android).
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Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
novnc-1.4.0-1.el9.noarch.rpm  from el9
novnc-1.5.0-1.el10_0.noarch.rpm  from el10

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Download the novnc package
2. Check the license information by `rpm -qip <package>.rpm`

Actual results:
GPLv3 is shown as the software license

Expected results:
MPL-2.0 is shown as the software license

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