Description of problem: cups 1.4 license conflict: GPL and BSD-With-Advertising Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Cups 1.4 and previous have this problem. Cups 1.5 (trunk) is fixed. How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Download Cups 1.4 source code 2. Notice the BSD-With-Advertising license in the following three files: backend/scsi.c backend/scsi-irix.c backend/scsi-linux.c 3. Notice that UC-Berkeley nor NetBSD are copyright holder, so code cannot be relicensed to remove advertising clause. ( https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/FAQ#What.27s_the_deal_with_the_BSD_with_advertising_license.3F ) Additional info: Doesn't apply in Cups Trunk (presumably Cups 1.5): http://www.cups.org/str.php?L3500 Cups won't fix in Cups 1.4, but encourage distributions to remove scsi*.c if so desired: http://www.cups.org/str.php?L3509
I've asked for direction from Fedora legal on this.
These files only link against the LGPLv2 parts of cups.