Re: Bug#1080956: SaunaFS
On Wed Nov 19, 2025 at 8:39 AM EET, Andreas Tille wrote:
> Hi Urmas,
>
> The d/copyright file of saunafs has some issues that need fixing:
>
> The entire src/nfs-ganesha/ subdirectory (including dozens of source
> files and its own LICENSE file) is LGPL-3+ (some files LGPL-3 only), but
> debian/copyright declares the whole package and these files as GPL-3+
> only. Declaring LGPL-3+ code as GPL-3+ is incorrect and makes the
> copyright file inaccurate.
Yes, the license was recently changed on upstream to LGPL-3, for better
compatibility with NFS Ganesha (which also includes the same source
code). I completely forgot about updating it here though.
https://github.com/leil-io/saunafs/commit/1b9fa6c0b4aa8358ef4b5f614f96de80cc51137d#diff-939ce545e50ec6be2722623600aaa5b8024ed6b2216d550ce2b6388f368193e7
Thankfully, it's starting from 5.3.0, so the package in NEW is not
affected.
> external/crcutil-1.0/ contains a bunch of generated build helpers that
> debian/copyright claims as Apache-2.0, but are in fact more permissive
> (FSFAP, and MIT)
I can add them, but I was told that they might be fine
>From Aug 19:
> Please also check the other hits while you can ignore aclocal.m4,
> configure and install-sh
> I wonder if it makes sense if you try
> https://salsa.debian.org/newgateway-team
>
I'll have a look at this.
Best regards,
Urmas Rist
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