On Thu, Jul 11, 2024 at 10:05 AM David Cantrell <dcantr...@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> Looking at Fedora now we have nmap-7.95 in Fedora 40 as an update and it has:
>
>     License: LicenseRef-NPSL-0.94

Yes. This is erroneous because `LicenseRef-NPSL-0.94` inaccurately
referred to the license we are now calling `LicenseRef-NPSL-0.92`
(Callaway/Cotton "NPSL") but the license of Nmap changed several more
times in the progression to 7.95.

> The exception is only for LicenseRef-Nmap and not these NPSL variants, right? 
>  Which means nmap will have to be removed?

Yes, the reason for the exception applying to Callaway Nmap
(LicenseRef-Nmap) is mostly because we gave everyone the expectation
for years that the pre-NPSL version of the Nmap license was (barely)
legitimate. That's at least partly my fault. Whereas the only
post-Callaway-Nmap license Fedora passed judgment on (prior to this
thread) was the one we're now calling `LicenseRef-NPSL-0.92` and that
was considered "bad" from the start.

Richard

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