[Bug 1216928] New: Wrong license declaration

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Wed Apr 29 08:35:52 UTC 2015


https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1216928

            Bug ID: 1216928
           Summary: Wrong license declaration
           Product: Fedora
           Version: rawhide
         Component: perl-Net-DNS-SEC
          Assignee: wjhns174 at hardakers.net
          Reporter: ppisar at redhat.com
        QA Contact: extras-qa at fedoraproject.org
                CC: perl-devel at lists.fedoraproject.org,
                    pwouters at redhat.com, wjhns174 at hardakers.net



perl-Net-DNS-SEC-0.22-1.fc23 declares the license as "GPL+ or Artistic".
However, there are many files covered by MIT license. For example SEC.pm:

=head1 LICENSE

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided
that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that
copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
documentation, and that the name of the author not be used in advertising
or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without specific
prior written permission.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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