Bug#973775: licensecheck returns incorrect license

Jonas Smedegaard jonas at jones.dk
Thu Nov 5 11:52:13 GMT 2020


Quoting Sandro Mani (2020-11-05 06:01:26)
> On 05.11.20 03:56, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> > Quoting Sandro Mani (2020-11-04 22:54:56)
> >> Package: licensecheck
> >> Version: 3.1.1
> >>
> >> I'm reporting this downstream issue [1], for your evaluation:
> >>
> >> Description of problem:
> >>
> >> $ licensecheck COPYING
> >> COPYING: Expat License GNU Lesser General Public License, Version 3
> >>
> >> Perhaps a bit of a pathological case.
> >>
> >> Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
> >> licensecheck-3.1.1-3.fc33.noarch
> >> perl-Regexp-Pattern-License-3.4.0-3.fc33.noarch
> >>
> >>
> >> [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1866603
> > Sorry, I don't understand what is the issue here?
> >
> > Could you please elaborate - I fail to parse the above "Description 
> > of problem" and fail to find more info at the referenced bugzilla 
> > report. Could very well be me simply missing something obvious - 
> > please help me out...
> Looking at the attached COPYING file, I suppose the original reporter 
> expected the license to be reported just as
> 
>   GNU Lesser General Public License, Version 3

If that is the case, then it seems a mistake to me, as the file contains 
this:

> The file include/dmtcp.h is released under MIT/BSD dual license.

...which licensecheck detects as Expat License.


> But I'll ask him to provide more info here.

Thanks!


 - Jonas

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