Andreas, That doesn't actually answer the question. Having a COPYING file that says "GPL" just restates what license you're claiming — it doesn't answer either part of what was actually asked:
1. Can that claim legally hold at all, if a substantial part of the code is LLM-generated? LLM output's copyright status is unsettled — if there's no underlying copyright, there's nothing for a GPL declaration to attach to. Stating the license doesn't resolve that question, it just assumes the answer. 2. Has anything actually been run to check the code for verbatim reproduction of copyrighted training data? A license file in the repo says nothing about what's actually in the code underneath it. I'm not assuming there's a problem here — I'm asking because a mentors.debian.net reviewer or an ftpmaster during NEW review is going to ask exactly this, and "the COPYING file says so" won't be a satisfying answer there either. A real answer would be something like: an estimate of how much of the codebase is LLM-generated, and whether you've run a clone/license scanner (ScanCode, FOSSology) against it. Sincerely, Ştefan Andrei Ionuţ În joi, 22 oct. 2026 la 10:47, Andreas Røsdal <[email protected]> a scris: > Northstar browser has the GPL licence. In my mind there is no question > about this, it's very clear. > > > https://github.com/nordstjernen-web/nordstjernen-sol-browser/blob/main/COPYING > > Sincerely, > Andreas Røsdal > > tor. 22. okt. 2026, 09:34 skrev Andrei Ionuţ Ştefan < > [email protected]>: > >> On Wednesday, October 21, 2026 8:55:44 AM Eastern European Summer Time >> Andreas >> Røsdal wrote: >> > I have uploaded a Debian package here: >> > >> > https://mentors.debian.net/packages/ >> > >> > https://mentors.debian.net/package/nordstjernen/ >> > >> > I hope to work with you to include this web browser in Debian. Let me >> know >> > if you have any specific requirements or request changes. I have tested >> it >> > on Debian sid. >> > >> > Sincerely, >> > Andreas Røsdal >> > >> > tir. 20. okt. 2026, 20:38 skrev Pirate Praveen <[email protected]>: >> > > On 10/20/26 11:27 PM, Daniel Baumann wrote: >> > > > On 10/20/26 18:22, Aaron Rainbolt wrote: >> > > >> Not quickly enough unstable->fasttrack >> > > > >> > > > I see, thanks. fwiw, that could be fixed by using fastforward >> instead if >> > > > you wanted, you can check the upload dates via changelog: >> > > > >> > > > https://git.fastforward.debian.net/trixie-fastforward-backports/ >> > > > virtualbox/src/branch/fastforward/debian/changelog >> > > >> > > This concept looks interesting. Any criteria for choosing packages? I >> > > think adding mobile specific packages like phosh would be useful to >> > > mobian users. >> > > >> > > > Regards, >> > > > > > > Daniel >> >> >> Regarding the copyright question, Andreas, you still diddint give a >> response >> on it, so i am still sending this over to Debian Legal as this is still >> an >> unresolved question in the email chain that we want a response on. >> >> Regards, >> Ştefan Andrei Ionuţ >> >> >>
