FS#66731 - [virtualbox-guest-iso] License should be GPL v2

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Anton Karmanov (bergentroll) - Thursday, 21 May 2020, 11:23 GMT
Last edited by Buggy McBugFace (bugbot) - Saturday, 25 November 2023, 20:01 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To Christian Hesse (eworm)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 2
Private No

Details

Possibly incorrect license. Guest additions takes nothing with Extension Pack (which is indeed covered by PUEL) and can be built with other GPL v2 licensed stuff (https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux%20build%20instructions) and here their are: https://www.virtualbox.org/browser#vbox/trunk/src/VBox/Additions.
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Closed by  Buggy McBugFace (bugbot)
Saturday, 25 November 2023, 20:01 GMT
Reason for closing:  Moved
Additional comments about closing:  https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/p ackaging/packages/virtualbox-guest-iso/i ssues/1
Comment by Sebastian Wiesner (lunaryorn) - Monday, 05 September 2022, 07:53 GMT
See also FAQ 7 at https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Licensing_FAQ

The “VirtualBox Guest Additions” are a set of software drivers and utilities […]. Like the VirtualBox base package, the VirtualBox Guest Additions are licensed under the GPLv2.
Comment by Sebastian Wiesner (lunaryorn) - Saturday, 01 October 2022, 10:44 GMT
Please find a corresponding patch attached.
   license-gpl2.patch (6.2 KiB)
Comment by Buggy McBugFace (bugbot) - Tuesday, 08 August 2023, 19:11 GMT
This is an automated comment as this bug is open for more then 2 years. Please reply if you still experience this bug otherwise this issue will be closed after 1 month.

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