[KDE/Mac] Binary distribution license check

[mk-lists at email.de]

Hi guys,

perhaps this is the wrong list for such a question, but let’s start here first...

When I check on MacPorts for a typical KDE application whether it is binary distributable, e.g. for KMyMoney, I get something like this:
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"git-core" is not distributable because its license "gpl" conflicts with license "OpenSSL" of dependency "openssl"
"p5.16-net-ssleay" is not distributable because its license "OpenSSL" conflicts with license "GPL-3+" of dependency "gdbm"
"soprano" is not distributable because its license "gpl" conflicts with license "OpenSSL" of dependency "openssl"
"gtk-doc" is not distributable because its license "gpl" conflicts with license "OpenSSL" of dependency "openssl"
"itstool" is not distributable because its license "gpl" conflicts with license "OpenSSL" of dependency "openssl"
"virtuoso" is not distributable because its license "GPL" conflicts with license "OpenSSL" of dependency "openssl"
"virtuoso-7" is not distributable because its license "GPL" conflicts with license "OpenSSL" of dependency "openssl"
"ImageMagick" is not distributable because its license "apache" conflicts with license "GPL-2" of dependency "libpaper"
"ghostscript" is not distributable because its license "agpl" conflicts with license "GPL-2" of dependency "libpaper"
"dbusmenu-qt" is not distributable because its license "gpl" conflicts with license "OpenSSL" of dependency "openssl"
"mysql5" is not distributable because its license "gpl" conflicts with license "OpenSSL" of dependency "openssl"
"poppler-qt4-mac" is not distributable because its license "gpl" conflicts with license "OpenSSL" of dependency "openssl"
"poppler" is not distributable because its license "gpl" conflicts with license "OpenSSL" of dependency "openssl"
"gnupg" is not distributable because its license "gpl" conflicts with license "OpenSSL" of dependency "openssl”
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i.e. 14 ports which must be build by the user due to conflicting licenses, mostly due to OpenSSL.

I am curious on how typical Linux distributions actually handle these cases.

Greets,
Marko