[PEAR-BUG] Bug #21082 [Com]: Inconsistent licensing

[email protected] ("[email protected]") Thu, 2 Feb 2017 11:08:03 -0500 (EST)
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Edit report at https://pear.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=21082&edit=1

 ID:               21082
 Comment by:       [email protected]
 Reported By:      legoktm at member dot fsf dot org
 Summary:          Inconsistent licensing
 Status:           Open
 Type:             Bug
 Package:          Mail
 Operating System: GNU/Linux
 Package Version:  SVN
 PHP Version:      Irrelevant
 Roadmap Versions: 
 New Comment:

Aleksander, would it help if a patch was provided?


Previous Comments:
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[2016-12-28 04:27:31] alec

According to #15620 and
https://github.com/pear/Mail/commit/ead639efc855e17508d27f10af05d2dd0aed752a
all files should use 2-Clause BSD license.

We've had permission from all authors, but the license change was
applied only on package.xml file. We have to update the license
statement in all files accordingly.

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[2016-12-28 04:04:23] rolek

The license of Mail/sendmail.php prevents this file from being packaged
in Debian, due to its strict copyright policy. It would be appreciated
if it could be updated to the BSD-3 license, just like the other files.
Thanks!

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[2016-06-16 20:01:08] legoktm

More digging...looks like bug #15620 was never fixed fully?

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[2016-06-16 02:57:56] legoktm

Description:
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The composer.json file claims the package is BSD-2-clause, however:

All files actually have the BSD-3-clause license in their header, except
for Mail/sendmail.php which is "version 2.02 of the PHP license".

So what exactly is the proper license for this code?

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