Spec URL: http://fab.fedorapeople.org/packages/SRPMS/fatback.spec SRPM URL: http://fab.fedorapeople.org/packages/SRPMS/fatback-1.3-1.fc16.src.rpm Project URL: https://sourceforge.net/projects/fatback/ Description: Fatback is a forensic tool for undeleting files from Microsoft FAT file systems. Fatback is different from other undelete tools in that it does the following: - Can undelete files automatically - Supports Long File Names - Supports FAT12, FAT16, and FAT32 - Powerful interactive mode - Recursively undeletes deleted directories - Recovers lost cluster chains - Works with single partitions or whole disks Koji scratch build: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=4073158 rpmlint output: [fab@laptop017 SRPMS]$ rpmlint fatback-1.3-1.fc16.src.rpm fatback.src: W: spelling-error %description -l en_US undeleting -> unrelenting fatback.src: W: spelling-error %description -l en_US undelete -> delete fatback.src: W: spelling-error %description -l en_US undeletes -> deletes 1 packages and 0 specfiles checked; 0 errors, 3 warnings. [fab@laptop017 x86_64]$ rpmlint fatback-* fatback.x86_64: W: spelling-error %description -l en_US undeleting -> unrelenting fatback.x86_64: W: spelling-error %description -l en_US undelete -> delete fatback.x86_64: W: spelling-error %description -l en_US undeletes -> deletes fatback.x86_64: E: incorrect-fsf-address /usr/share/doc/fatback-1.3/COPYING fatback-debuginfo.x86_64: E: incorrect-fsf-address /usr/src/debug/fatback-1.3/getopt.h 2 packages and 0 specfiles checked; 2 errors, 3 warnings.
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Hello Fabian, I believe there is some legal question about the license of fatback. Files+licenses: - getopt.h getopt.c getopt1.c are taken from some version of glibc and GPLv2+ license. - missing,techinfo.tex - GPLv2+ - install-sh - MIT license - pseudo_code, fatback-manual.info, fatback-manual.texi Copyright (C) 2000-2001 DoD Computer Forensics Lab This manual and the Fatback program are for *government and law enforcement use only*. - rest of the files is not clear what license it has As it bundles GPLv2 software it is possible that it is infected with the GPLv2 license too, but I doubt so. GPLv2 files is not the core functionality. It would be definitely better to contact the upstream (harbourn) and Tom Spot Callaway to bring some light to this question. Best regards Michal Ambroz
(In reply to comment #2) > Files+licenses: ... > - missing,techinfo.tex - GPLv2+ These files are utterly outdated. As these are bundled default with many autotool based packages and are supposed to be bundled as with autotool based packages, them being GPLv2+ed IIRC was a bug in the (really old and ancient) version of the autotools having been used by this package. This license issue was fixed later on in later releases of the autotools. Appropriate fix would be to use the versions from later autotools (automake). This and other observations raise an unpleasant question: Does this package have an active upstream? The latest date in ChangeLog is from 2001, so my guess would be this package is dead.
>Does this package have an active upstream? >The latest date in ChangeLog is from 2001, so my guess would be this package is dead. Let's assume the package is not dead, but it is perfect and stable :).
(In reply to comment #4) > Let's assume the package is not dead, but it is perfect and stable :). Not much of a problem if the Fedora maintainer is willing to cope with the anachronisms a package carries ;) ... This package carries quite a few ...
Hello, I can take a review of this package. Fabian please have you got any response from the upstream on the licensing questions? Thank you Michal Ambroz
No, upstream is dead.