python-pillow / python-pillow/Pillow
FreeType license is applied incorrectly
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Hi,
I have recently gone through our dependencies and their licenses, and noted that you apply the Freetype license incorrectly. Freetype is licensed under either the GPL or the Freetype license. Given the obvious downstream problems with the GPL, you probably want to use the Freetype license.
I assume as a non-lawyer that you can probably just remove the GPL text or write in the third-party license document something like "We choose the Freetype license for distribution".
I would consider this a minor problem, but then the fix is also small, so I thought I'd raise that.
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No file or test is named; start by locating Pillow’s third-party license document and the FreeType dependency attribution. Confirm the distribution text accurately reflects the selected FreeType license rather than applying the GPL, and verify the resulting license documentation.
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- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 1/5
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