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   翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 24-Aug-2024 22:31:40 JST 翠星石
   @meowski readelf -d clamscan
   
   Dynamic section at offset 0x29980 contains 30 entries:
   Tag Type Name/Value
   0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [libclamav.so.12]
   0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [libm.so.6]
   0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [libc.so.6] (glibc)
   
   readelf -d clambc
   
   Dynamic section at offset 0x6c4910 contains 35 entries:
   Tag Type Name/Value
   0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [libclamav.so.12]
   0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [libgcc_s.so.1]
   0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [librt.so.1]
   0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [libm.so.6]
   0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [libdl.so.2]
   0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [libc.so.6]
   0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [ld-linux-x86-64.so.2]
   0x0000000000000001 (NEEDED) Shared library: [libpthread.so.0]
   
   The version offered on the downloads page has unrar compiled in, which is absolutely disgusting.
   
   I need to confirm if there is actually a ncurses dependency as doing such sort of proprietary degeneracy infringes the GPLv3.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 24-Aug-2024 22:36:10 JST 翠星石

     in reply to
     @meowski >ncurses is licensed under MIT expat and not the GPLv3-or-later
     I feel betrayed.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Saturday, 24-Aug-2024 22:41:02 JST 翠星石

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     @meowski It's actually a custom license based off the X11 license; https://web.archive.org/web/20240807145617if_/https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses-license.html
     
     The Gentoo licensing team deserves beatings.