Bug 755781 – Files with copyright but no grant of license. Non-free?

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Bug 755781 - Files with copyright but no grant of license. Non-free?


Summary:	Files with copyright but no grant of license. Non-free?


Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	GnuCash
Classification:	Other
Component:	General
Version:	2.6.8
Hardware:	Other Linux

Importance:	Normal minor
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	gnucash-general-maint
QA Contact:	gnucash-general-maint

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Reported:	2015-09-29 10:18 UTC by Dmitry Smirnov
Modified:	2018-06-29 23:43 UTC

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Description Dmitry Smirnov 2015-09-29 10:18:57 UTC

"src/doc/finutil.html" have no license grant but mention "Copyright (C) 1990 - 2000 Terry D. Boldt, All Rights Reserved" twelve times.

Some other files with copyright "Copyright (c) 2001 Linux Developers Group, Inc." but no license grant are

 * src/gnc-module/gnc-module.scm
 * src/gnc-module/gnc-module.c
 * src/gnc-module/gnc-module.h
 * src/python/gncmod-python.c
 * src/engine/gncmod-engine.c
 * src/engine/test-core/gncmod-test-engine.c
 * src/tax/us/gncmod-tax-us.c
 * src/report/stylesheets/gncmod-stylesheets.c
 * src/report/stylesheets/stylesheets.scm
 * src/report/report-gnome/gncmod-report-gnome.c
 * src/report/report-gnome/report-gnome.scm
 * src/report/locale-specific/us/gncmod-locale-reports-us.c
 * src/report/standard-reports/gncmod-standard-reports.c
 * src/report/standard-reports/standard-reports.scm
 * src/report/report-system/gncmod-report-system.c
 * src/report/report-system/report-system.scm
 * src/report/report-system/html-fonts.scm
 * src/report/utility-reports/utility-reports.scm
 * src/report/utility-reports/gncmod-utility-reports.c

and others...

Comment 1 John Ralls 2015-09-29 19:10:34 UTC

This problem has been fixed in our software repository. The fix will go into the next software release. Once that release is available, you may want to check for a software upgrade provided by your Linux distribution.

Comment 2 Dmitry Smirnov 2015-10-09 06:06:24 UTC

Thanks. It would be nice if you could do few more minor corrections please.

For instance in release 2.6.9 files "src/app-utils/gfec.*" claim that they are in "public domain" and GPL-2+ at the same time...

File "src/gnome-utils/test/test-gnc-recurrence.c" refer to "COPYING for details" which is unnecessary since it has its own header...

Files

    src/import-export/csv-imp/gnc-csv-gnumeric-popup.c
    src/import-export/csv-imp/gnc-csv-gnumeric-popup.h

have conflicting headers (GPL-2+ versus GPL-2 or GPL-3)

I reckon automatic headers update have its pitfalls...

Comment 3 John Ralls 2015-10-09 17:57:45 UTC

Thanks for the detailed QA. I've fixed the files in question.

Comment 4 Dmitry Smirnov 2015-10-09 21:59:56 UTC

No worries. Thanks very much, John. :)

Comment 5 John Ralls 2018-06-29 23:43:17 UTC

GnuCash bug tracking has moved to a new Bugzilla host. This bug has been copied to https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=755781. Please update any external references or bookmarks.