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bug #55733: The scancode program does not grok "This file is distributed under the same license as ..."
Submitter: | Bruno Haible <haible> | ||
Submitted: | Sun 17 Feb 2019 11:57:42 PM UTC | ||
Category: | Programmer tools | Severity: | 3 - Normal |
Item Group: | None | Status: | Not a Bug |
Privacy: | Public | Assigned to: | haible |
Open/Closed: | Closed |
Mon 18 Feb 2019 12:31:18 PM UTC, comment #3: |
Bruno Haible <haible>![]() ![]() |
Mon 18 Feb 2019 11:08:08 AM UTC, comment #2: Bruno:
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Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne> |
Mon 18 Feb 2019 12:02:07 AM UTC, comment #1: License notices are primarily meant for humans, including lawyers. A statement like "This file is distributed under the same license as the cpufrequtils package." is perfectly clear and unambiguous to humans, including lawyers.
So, please deal with it somehow.
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Bruno Haible <haible>![]() ![]() |
Sun 17 Feb 2019 11:57:42 PM UTC, original submission:
Reported in https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit/issues/1379 :
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Bruno Haible <haible>![]() ![]() |
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Why are PO files occurring outside of the context of their package? What are you doing with them?
Yes, if someone copies some sources that reference a COPYING file, while omitting that COPYING file, you can't do much with the result. But that is a problem of the person or process which omitted the COPYING file, not a problem of the package author who create the package that included the COPYING file.
When it comes to a court procedure, the lawyers inquire about the intent. When a license notice says "See COPYING for license" the intent is clear enough, and unless the package contains multiple different COPYING files, it is also unambiguous.