Bug 475181 - Issue with license being in the sources, but not actually used in the code
Summary: Issue with license being in the sources, but not actually used in the code
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Alias: None
Product: frameworks-kcoreaddons
Classification: Frameworks and Libraries
Component: general (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: unspecified
Platform: Fedora RPMs Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Michael Pyne
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Reported: 2023-10-03 16:02 UTC by Steve Cossette
Modified: 2023-10-11 20:15 UTC (History)
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Description Steve Cossette 2023-10-03 16:02:31 UTC 
This bug was found as part of a Fedora review for kcoreaddons for KDE6 frameworks:

"There is an artistic license file src/lib/licenses/ARTISTIC but I am unable to find anything using that license.
BUT the files src/lib/kaboutdata.h and src/lib/kaboutdata.cpp have a function that list licenses, and ARTISTIC is clearly there.
I believe there was some code at some point with the ARTISTIC license."

Would there be a way to fix this? Thanks!
Comment 1 Steve Cossette 2023-10-03 16:02:48 UTC 
Link to review: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2240957 (For reference)
Comment 2 Nicolas Fella 2023-10-03 17:11:36 UTC 
The files in src/lib/licenses aren't the licenses of the kcoreaddons code (those are in LICENSES/). They are the source of the license text in the Help > About $App dialog