[Bug 477533] Review Request: rubygem-mechanize - A handy web browsing ruby object

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Mamoru Tasaka <mtasaka at ioa.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp> changed:

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--- Comment #6 from Mamoru Tasaka <mtasaka at ioa.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp>  2009-01-20 00:26:33 EDT ---
Thank you.

(In reply to comment #5)
> > (In reply to comment #3)
> > > * The license file and the website license page say GPLv2+. The source code
> > > files do not indicate a license. I think setting the license as GPLc2+ will be
> > > more appropriate.
> > - Well, what URL shows that this is under GPLv2"+"?
> >   (note that I saw that rubyforge.org website says that this is
> >    under GPLv2, however I guess this license tag is automatically tagged
> >    from license text. Moreover I saw that in many cases the license
> >    tag on website is wrong....)
> > 
> 
> On the bottom of the homepage for this gem:
> http://mechanize.rubyforge.org/mechanize/
> there is a LICENSE section. When I click on the LICENSE, it gives me the full
> text of GPLv2 (which has the "or later" clause).
> 
> Don't you think we should believe the website?

- LICENSE section says this is just under GPL and the following link
  shows just GPLv2 license text ("any later" clause is just a example
  also written in "other" GPLv2 license text). So this does not
  render this package to be under GPLv2.

New Package CVS Request
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Package Name:         rubygem-mechanize
Short Description:    A handy web browsing ruby object
Owners:               mtasaka
Branches:             F-10 F-9
InitialCC:            (nobody)

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