Bug 489054 - License label for Snap apps inappropriately has its first character removed
Summary: License label for Snap apps inappropriately has its first character removed
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Discover
Classification: Applications
Component: Snap Backend (show other bugs)
Version: 6.1.0
Platform: Fedora RPMs Linux
: NOR minor
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2024-06-23 15:10 UTC by kdebug3443
Modified: 2024-10-07 21:44 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Description kdebug3443 2024-06-23 15:10:50 UTC 
Created attachment 170867 [details]
the spelling mistake

SUMMARY
Typo in license information for proprietary Snap apps

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

1. Install snap backend 
2. Search for a proprietary snap (eg spotfy/skype)
3. Click on the Snap app to view its details.

OBSERVED RESULT

The license information incorrectly displays "ropriatary" for proprietary apps as seen in the attached screenshot

EXPECTED RESULT

The license information for proprietary apps should display "proprietary"

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Fedora 40 KDE
KDE Plasma Version: 6.1
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.3.0
Qt Version: 6.7.1
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2024-06-25 22:31:18 UTC 
Apparently the Spotify developers or packagers can't type? You'll want to report this downstream at the Snap store.
Comment 2 kdebug3443 2024-06-26 11:42:03 UTC 
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)
> Apparently the Spotify developers or packagers can't type? You'll want to
> report this downstream at the Snap store.


The same issue occurs with all proprietary apps I could find: Visual Studio Code, Skype, phpstorm, GitKraken Desktop, Discord, Android Studio etc etc.

I also found a few applications, such as "Accountable2You", without a set licence. In Discover the licence appears as "nset" instead of "unset"

The licence information for all of these apps is displayed correctly on Ubuntu's App Center and the Snapcraft website

I could be wrong here, but to me this seems more like a bug with discover where the first letter of some licences is getting removed, than a packaging error/typo from the developers.
Comment 3 Nate Graham 2024-06-26 15:13:57 UTC 
Hmm, if it's everything and not just one app (and also not even just for proprietary apps), then it's probably a discover bug, yeah. I guess we're inappropriately chopping off the first character somehow.
Comment 4 TraceyC 2024-06-27 16:54:51 UTC 
I can reproduce this with KDE Neon with the Spotify snap package in Discover
The flatpak entry does not show this problem


Operating System: KDE neon 6.0
KDE Plasma Version: 6.1.1
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.3.0
Qt Version: 6.7.0
Comment 5 TraceyC 2024-06-27 16:57:17 UTC 
Another snap, "Calaboka" with license "Proprietary" also has the same problem with the P cutting off

This snap displays the license correctly:
Olivia Cloud Music Player - License: MIT
ncspot - License: BSD-2-Clause
Comment 6 Soumyadeep Ghosh 2024-10-07 16:24:01 UTC 
It's been fixed now.
Comment 7 TraceyC 2024-10-07 21:44:35 UTC 
I've confirmed that the issue is resolved on KDE Neon using the same snaps as before.