FS#70745 - [libxcrypt] Wrong license

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Iván Zaera Avellón (izaera) - Friday, 07 May 2021, 07:38 GMT
Last edited by Christian Hesse (eworm) - Friday, 09 June 2023, 06:54 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To Christian Hesse (eworm)
Architecture x86_64
Severity Very Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:

The page at https://archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/libxcrypt/ says license is GPL, but upstream at https://github.com/besser82/libxcrypt/blob/develop/LICENSING says it is LGPL.

I don't know if there's some other reason for releasing this lib as GPL (in Arch), but given that it is the core of the login system, releasing it as GPL would make mandatory, for any development dealing with user passwords, to be released as GPL which doesn't seem quite sensible...
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Closed by  Christian Hesse (eworm)
Friday, 09 June 2023, 06:54 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  in git

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