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Bug 888216 - nikto database is non free (?) content.
Summary: nikto database is non free (?) content.
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: nikto
Version: 17
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks: FE-Legal
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-12-18 10:07 UTC by mejiko
Modified: 2013-04-30 04:41 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2013-04-30 04:41:02 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description mejiko 2012-12-18 10:07:41 UTC 
Hello.

I think that nikto database file is non free. (non-free restriction of use database)

See "nikto-database-license.txt"

Question: Is this nikto database is "content" ?

Suggests:

1. fix license tag. (Example: GPL+ and Redistributable, no modification permitted)
2. Remove database file and rebuild.
3. Remove Fedora repos.



Thanks.


Reference:

http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2008/04/msg00026.html

http://libreplanet.org/wiki/List_of_software_that_does_not_respect_the_Free_System_Distribution_Guidelines#nikto

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Code_Vs_Content

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:Main#Content_Licenses
Comment 1 mejiko 2012-12-18 10:09:31 UTC 
Blocking FE-Legal, This is license problem (It is content or code ?).
Comment 2 Michal Ambroz 2013-02-02 13:25:03 UTC 
The nikto software is GPLv2.
Database distribution is permitted only with the full nikto package - which we are doing. I do not think that nikto database files should be removed from the package.
Comment 3 mejiko 2013-02-27 10:21:57 UTC 
Is database is the "code" or "content" ?

If database is "code", Its non-free.

If database is "content", Its no problem. 
I suggests that fix license tag.

Thanks.
Comment 4 Tom "spot" Callaway 2013-04-24 13:58:26 UTC 
Just fix the license here, this is content.
Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2013-04-25 16:19:52 UTC 
nikto-2.1.5-6.fc19 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 19.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/nikto-2.1.5-6.fc19
Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2013-04-26 14:28:18 UTC 
Package nikto-2.1.5-6.fc19:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 19 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing nikto-2.1.5-6.fc19'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-6671/nikto-2.1.5-6.fc19
then log in and leave karma (feedback).
Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2013-04-30 04:41:04 UTC 
nikto-2.1.5-6.fc19 has been pushed to the Fedora 19 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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