Re: isl_0.21-1_amd64.changes REJECTED
On 19.06.19 23:09, Chris Lamb wrote:
>
> Forwarding notes from ftptrainee:
>
>> REJECT
>>
>> There are some issues with the d/copyright file.
>>
>> The file doc/chicago.bst is not included in the upload, but the
>> license given for that file in d/copyright cannot be valid. If you
>> look at the source code for named.bst, it says
>>
>> Copying of this file is authorized only if either
>> (1) you make absolutely no changes to your copy, including name, or
>> (2) if you do make changes, you name it something other than
>> btxbst.doc, plain.bst, unsrt.bst, alpha.bst, and abbrv.bst.
>> This restriction helps ensure that all standard styles are identical.
>>
>> Since chicago.bst is apparently a modification of named.bst, these
>> other file names which are not permitted need to be included in the
>> license for chicago.bst. plain.bst also has a list of names that
>> cannot be used. This is upstream's error, but I'm not really happy
>> about Debian propagating the error by distributing this d/copyright
>> file, even though we're not distributing the file chicago.bst.
>>
>> I also noticed, while reviewing d/copyright, that `Licence: MIT`
>> should be `License: Expat`,
why Expat? Every source file mentions "Use of this software is governed by the
MIT license" and README has "isl is released under the MIT license".
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