Bug 6705

Summary: libgmp: license is LGPL, not GPL
Product: Sisyphus Reporter: at <at>
Component: libgmpAssignee: Dmitry V. Levin <ldv>
Status: CLOSED FIXED QA Contact: qa-sisyphus
Severity: normal    
Priority: P2 CC: inger
Version: unstable   
Hardware: all   
OS: Linux   
Bug Depends on:    
Bug Blocks: 12448    

Description at@altlinux.org 2005-04-27 23:58:48 MSD 
Steps to Reproduce:
$ rpm -q --qf '%{LICENSE}\n' libgmp
GPL
$
Actual Results:  
$ grep GPL NEWS
* Now under the LGPL.
$ grep -C1 'General Public' gmp.texi
The precise conditions of the license for the GNU MP library are found in the
Lesser General Public License version 2.1 that accompanies the source code,
see @file{COPYING.LIB}.  Certain demonstration programs are provided under the
terms of the plain General Public License version 2, see @file{COPYING}.
$
Comment 1 Dmitry V. Levin 2005-05-24 21:02:38 MSD 
I'll take care.
Comment 2 Dmitry V. Levin 2005-05-24 21:03:41 MSD 
Corrected in gmp-4.1.4-alt2.