Bug#1001274: scowl source has (probably outdated?) problematic license conditions

2021-12-07 Thread Gernot Hillier
Source: scowl Version: 2019.10.06-1 During licensing checks of the "scowl" sources, we identified two problematic files. r/pos/README-orig as well as r/mwords/README. Both say: [...] This documentation, software and/or database was developed and copyrighted by Grady Ward and is licensed, not

Bug#991952: Acknowledgement (chardet test suite has problematic license)

2021-08-06 Thread Gernot Hillier
I also filed an upstream bug on this: https://github.com/chardet/chardet/issues/231

Bug#991952: chardet test suite has problematic license

2021-08-06 Thread Gernot Hillier
Source: chardet Version: 4.0.0-1 During licensing checks of the "chardet" sources, we identified problematic files in tests/. In general, tests/README.txt states: [...] These test feeds were downloaded from random sites while I was developing the Universal Encoding Detector. Each feed is

Bug#986949: Linux 4.19 staging driver mt7621-mmc has problematic license

2021-04-21 Thread Gernot Hillier
On 15.04.21 16:09, Salvatore Bonaccorso wrote: For 4.19.y it is now queued up upstream to be dropped, cf. https://lore.kernel.org/stable/YHghlaftXxH49lUy@sashalap/ . Thank you, Salvatore - that's for sure way better than removing the file in Debian only!

Bug#986949: Linux 4.19 staging driver mt7621-mmc has problematic license

2021-04-14 Thread Gernot Hillier
Oops, sorry, the path of the example in initial bug description is incomplete - the cited problematic licensing terms are from drivers/staging/mt7621-mmc/sd.c. However, please refer to kernel commit 441bf7332 linked in the initial bug description for a list of files that should be removed.

Bug#986949: Linux 4.19 staging driver mt7621-mmc has problematic license

2021-04-14 Thread Gernot Hillier
Source: linux Version: 4.19.181-1 X-Debbugs-CC: jan.kis...@siemens.com During licensing checks of the "linux" sources, we identified problematic files in drivers/staging/mt7621-mmc. As an example, drivers/staging/mt7621-mmc states: [...] * This software/firmware and related documentation