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File /usr/bin/vimcolor says: # This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under # the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself. However, `rpm -qi less-color | grep License` says: License : GPL-3.0-only and BSD-2-Clause Reproducible: Always
Hi, thanks for pointing that out. This is a tough one... it says: # the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself. and perl 5 terms say: """ It is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either: a) the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option) any later version, or b) the "Artistic License". """ which means that GPLv1+ is ok perl site also contains clarification: """For those of you that choose to use the GNU General Public License, my interpretation of the GNU General Public License is that no Perl script falls under the terms of the GPL unless you explicitly put said script under the terms of the GPL yourself.""" lesspipe says on it's homepage license:GPL which fits the interpretation above what version is not clarified in the license field or documentation itself, so next one to consider is COPYING/LICENSE files and they provide LICENSE which includes GPL v.2 text that states: """ If the Program does not specify a version number of this License, you may choose any version ever published by the Free Software Foundation. """ and there is no file with license header/tag nor anything specific on home page. Github says GPL 2.0, but that is just automatic field based on the license file, so no help wrt GPL version. so, considering all above GPL-1.0-or-later should be correct license tag, but to be on the safe side, I have filed upstream ticket for clarification https://github.com/wofr06/lesspipe/issues/191
FEDORA-2026-60ebfc53b3 (less-692-2.fc45) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 45. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-60ebfc53b3
FEDORA-2026-60ebfc53b3 (less-692-2.fc45) has been pushed to the Fedora 45 stable repository. If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.