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NOTICE file flagged for using copyleft licenses #94

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JanProvaznik opened this issue Feb 6, 2025 · 0 comments
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NOTICE file flagged for using copyleft licenses #94

JanProvaznik opened this issue Feb 6, 2025 · 0 comments

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Even though this package is licensed with MIT license. When you inspect the NuGet file in the NOTICE there is this section:

...
Notwithstanding any other terms, you may reverse engineer this software to the extent
required to debug changes to any libraries licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License.
...

it gets flagged as using LGPL by e.g. https://github.com/clearlydefined/curated-data/,
which leads to CG alerts. For each version of this package have to be overridden there: https://github.com/clearlydefined/curated-data/blob/master/curations/nuget/nuget/-/Microsoft.VisualStudio.SolutionPersistence.yaml

possibly

generates that section

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