Bug 448134

Summary: Kdenlive uses a non-SPDX licence identifier, causing GNOME Software to identify it as proprietary
Product: [Applications] kdenlive Reporter: newbytee
Component: DocumentationAssignee: Roger Morton <ttguy1>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal    
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: git-master   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Flatpak   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: Screenshot of GNOME Software calling Kdenlive proprietary

Description newbytee 2022-01-08 18:57:01 UTC
Created attachment 145239 [details]
Screenshot of GNOME Software calling Kdenlive proprietary

SUMMARY
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In GNOME Software, Kdenlive is incorrectly reported as a proprietary application due to that its licence identifier is not a valid SPDX licence identifier. 
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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Open GNOME Software
2. Navigate to Kdenlive
3. Observe that it is marked as proprietary (see attached screenshot)

OBSERVED RESULT
Kdenlive is marked as proprietary.

EXPECTED RESULT
Kdenlive is correctly marked as community built.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: N/A
macOS: N/A
Linux/KDE Plasma: N/A
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: N/A
KDE Frameworks Version: N/A
Qt Version: N/A
GNOME Software version: 41.2
Comment 1 Julius Künzel 2022-01-10 15:26:07 UTC
Git commit 307bedfe593eb344e2db2604208e2c7147263d79 by Julius Künzel.
Committed on 10/01/2022 at 02:12.
Pushed by jlskuz into branch 'release/21.12'.

Use a SPDX standard license identifier in Appstream data

Using the KDE specific LicenseRef-KDE-Accepted-GPL confuses software
centers like Gnome Software so they declare Kdenlive as a proprietary
application

M  +1    -1    data/org.kde.kdenlive.appdata.xml

https://invent.kde.org/multimedia/kdenlive/commit/307bedfe593eb344e2db2604208e2c7147263d79
Comment 2 Julius Künzel 2022-01-10 15:27:24 UTC
Git commit c50680f9ad118ded1d1245da433f1c86389bd5af by Julius Künzel.
Committed on 10/01/2022 at 15:27.
Pushed by jlskuz into branch 'master'.

Use a SPDX standard license identifier in Appstream data

Using the KDE specific LicenseRef-KDE-Accepted-GPL confuses software
centers like Gnome Software so they declare Kdenlive as a proprietary
application

M  +1    -1    data/org.kde.kdenlive.appdata.xml

https://invent.kde.org/multimedia/kdenlive/commit/c50680f9ad118ded1d1245da433f1c86389bd5af