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Review: ardupilot 4.7.2+ds7-1

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DescriptionArduPilot vehicle simulators and Software-in-the-Loop tools

ArduPilot is an autopilot for multicopters, helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft, rovers, boats, submarines and other unmanned vehicles. Software-in-the-Loop (SITL) runs the autopilot and simulated sensors and vehicle dynamics on a computer, without flight-controller hardware.

This package includes Copter, Helicopter, Plane, Rover, Sub, Blimp and AntennaTracker simulators, the Replay log tool, and the ardupilot-sitl launcher. It also supplies vehicle models, parameter presets, locations and scripting examples. Ground stations can connect directly using MAVLink. The recommended MAVProxy package provides maps and joystick input from supported USB controllers or radio transmitters.

SITL can also work with a separate simulator to model the vehicle's movement and surroundings, or to display the simulation graphically. The simulator and any plugins needed to connect it to SITL must be installed separately.

MaintainerSteffen Moeller <moeller@debian.org>
Changed BySteffen Moeller <moeller@debian.org>
Sponsormoeller@debian.org
Distributionunstable
Architectureany
VCSgit: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/ardupilot.git (browse)
Closes#1143989
Trackerhttps://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ardupilot
Uploaded6 days ago

New Package Report

.changes◂
Version4.7.2+ds7-1
Changed-BySteffen Moeller <moeller@debian.org>
Architecturesource amd64
Distributionunstable
DateSun, 08 Nov 2026 13:10:48 +0100
Sourceardupilot
Changelog◂
ardupilot (4.7.2+ds7-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Initial release (Closes: #1143989).
   * Correct MAVLink, Bosch, sorttable, Sagetech, Webots, Google and
     public-domain copyright and licence information following NEW review.
   * Credit PX4's CC-BY-4.0 pinout images, correct the ChibiOS hardware
     definition licence coverage and attribution, and add missing Waf holders.
   * Document the supported SITL vehicle, frame and location options.
   * Generate Built-Using from libcanard-dev's actual source package version.
   * Document the existing Python-cache cleanup performed by dh_clean.
   * Package all SITL vehicles, Replay and simulator resources, with a
     launcher that uses the installed executables.
   * Repack without
     - lwIP and libcanard; skip unused lwIP sources in the
       native-socket SITL build and document the separate libcanard
       requirement.
     - non-free Waf logos and unused PRU rangefinder and
       Xilinx ISE examples whose third-party licence grants are unclear.
     - bundled pymavlink and use python3-pymavlink; declare the accepted
       python3-dronecan package as a build dependency.
     - ChibiOS, CrashDebug and gSOAP modules.
     - DroneCAN, dronecan_dsdlc and libcanard, which became Debian packages
       in their own right.
     - unused bundled GoogleTest and littlefs from the source archive.
   * Make MAVProxy optional and document direct MAVLink connections from
     alternative ground stations; skip MAVProxy when its executable is absent.
   * Use python3-dronecan's matching DSDL definitions
     - instead of the bundled DroneCAN DSDL tree
     - removed bundled in
   * Build without Git when submodule updates are disabled; omit developer
     tools and terminal emulators from package recommendations.
   * Maintain source-archive metadata and installed launcher fixes with quilt.
   * Use Debian-packaged GoogleTest and pymavlink for the build.
   * Add build-time and installed-package simulation checks and Salsa CI.
   * Load the launcher's vehicle parameter presets in the SITL smoke tests.
.dsc◂
Sectionscience
Priorityoptional
Componentmain
Package-Listardupilot-sitl deb science optional arch=any
debian/copyright◂
Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Source: https://github.com/ArduPilot/ardupilot
Upstream-Name: ArduPilot
Upstream-Contact: https://github.com/ArduPilot/ardupilot/issues
Comment: The SITL binaries also include DroneCAN libcanard code compiled
 from the separately packaged libcanard-dev sources. That code is
 Copyright (c) 2016-2019 UAVCAN Team and is licensed under the Expat terms
 reproduced below.
 The generated DroneCAN serialization code is Copyright (c) the ArduPilot
 project and CubePilot Pty. Ltd. The dronecan-dsdlc code-generation exception
 licenses that output under the Expat terms also reproduced below.
Files-Excluded:
 modules/waf/docs/slides/presentation/gfx/waflogo.svg
 modules/waf/playground/rst/test.svg
 modules/waf/playground/xilinx-ise
 Tools/Linux_HAL_Essentials/pru/rangefinderpru
 modules/ChibiOS
 modules/CrashDebug
 modules/DroneCAN/DSDL
 modules/DroneCAN/dronecan_dsdlc
 modules/DroneCAN/libcanard
 modules/DroneCAN/pydronecan
 modules/gsoap
 modules/Micro-CDR
 modules/Micro-XRCE-DDS-Client
 modules/gbenchmark
 modules/gtest
 modules/littlefs
 modules/lwip
 modules/mavlink/pymavlink
 *.jar
 *.bin
 *.hex
 *.mexa64
 *.mexw64
 *.elf
 Tools/Linux_HAL_Essentials/rcinpru0
 Tools/Linux_HAL_Essentials/pwmpru1
 libraries/AP_GyroFFT/CMSIS_5/lib/*.a

Files:
 *
Copyright:
 2005-2011 Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>
 2008 -9 Mikal Hart
 2010 Bryan Godbolt godbolt ( a t ) ualberta.ca
 2010 Michael Smith
 2010 Michael Smith.
 2010 Swift Navigation Inc.
 2011-2024 Andrew Tridgell, 2024 Amilcar Lucas
 2011-2024 Andrew Tridgell, 2024-2025 Amilcar Lucas
 2012 Andrew Tridgell
 2012 David Goodman (dagoodman@soe.ucsc.edu)
 2013 Horizon Hobby, Inc.
 2015 Intel Corporation.
 2015-2016 Intel Corporation.
 2016 Andrew Tridgell.
 2016 Emlid Ltd.
 2016 Intel Corporation.
 2016 Mathieu Othacehe.
 2017 Emlid Ltd.
 2017 Intel Corporation.
 2017 Mathieu Othacehe.
 2019 Lucas De Marchi <lucas.de.marchi@gmail.com>
 2019 Peter Barker.
 2020 Kraus Hamdani Aerospace Inc.
 2020 Peter Barker.
 2020 Siddharth B Purohit
 2021 Kraus Hamdani Aerospace Inc.
 2021 Peter Barker.
 2022 Kraus Hamdani Aerospace Inc.
 2022 Sagetech Avionics Inc.
 2022 Xacti Corporation
 2023 ArduPilot.org.
 2023 Kraus Hamdani Aerospace Inc.
 2024 Amilcar Lucas
 2024 Amilcar do Carmo Lucas <amilcar.lucas@iav.de>
 2025 ArduPilot.org.
 2025 Kraus Hamdani Aerospace Inc.
 2025 Shubham Jolapara <shubhamjolapara256@gmail.com>
 2026 ArduPilot.org.
 Andrew Tridgell 1998
 Andrew Tridgell 2011
 Andrew Tridgell 2012
 Andrii Fil root.fi36@gmail.com 2022
 Currawong Engineering Pty Ltd
 David 'Buzz' Bussenschutt July 2020
 Holger Steinhaus 2012
 IAV GmbH 2017
 Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org> 2007
 Jeremy Allison 2007
 John Boiles 2013
 Leonard Hall 2020
 Marek S. Łukasiewicz 2025
 Max Odnovolyk 2015
 Michael Oborne 2018
 Peter Barker 2020
 Peter Barker 2021
 Riley August 2025
 Sept 2012 David "Buzz" Bussenschutt
 Siddharth Bharat Purohit, 3DRobotics Inc.
 Siddharth Bharat Purohit, 3DRobotics Inc. 2015
 Siddharth Bharat Purohit, CubePilot Pty. Ltd. 2021
 Vladimir Ermakov 2016
License: GPL-3.0+

Files:
 libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/*
Copyright:
 Andrew Tridgell
 Siddharth Bharat Purohit
License: GPL-3+


Files:
 libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/bxcan.hpp
 libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/CANFDIface.cpp
 libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/CANFDIface.h
 libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/CanIface.cpp
 libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/CANIface.h
Copyright:
 2014 Pavel Kirienko
License: Expat and GPL-3+

Files:
 libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/Pixhawk4/pixhawk4-pinout.jpg
 libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/PH4-mini/PH4-mini-pinout.jpg
Copyright:
 PX4
License: CC-BY-4.0
Comment:
 The corresponding README.md files credit PX4 and explicitly identify
 these images as CC-BY-4.0. The original documentation is at:
 https://docs.px4.io/en/flight_controller/pixhawk4.html
 https://docs.px4.io/en/flight_controller/pixhawk4_mini.html

Files:
 libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/common/board.c
 libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/common/board.h
 libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/common/chconf.h
Copyright:
 Andrew Tridgell
 Siddharth Bharat Purohit
License: GPL-3+

Files:
 libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/common/bouncebuffer.c
 libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/common/stm32_util.c
 libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/common/stm32_util.h
Copyright:
 No copyright notice in these files.
License: GPL-3+

Files:
 libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/common/flash.h
 libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/common/hrt.c
 libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/common/malloc.c
 libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/common/ppm.h
 libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/common/stdio.h
Copyright:
 2017 Siddharth Bharat Purohit
License: GPL-3+

Files:
 libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/common/crashdump.c
Copyright:
 2018 Adam Green
 2021 Siddharth Bharat Purohit, CubePilot Pty Ltd
License: Apache-2.0 and GPL-3+
Comment:
 The GPL-3+ file incorporates Adam Green's Apache-2.0 HexDump code from
 line 375 onward; the ordinary licensecheck header scan misses that notice.

Files:
 libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/common/flash.c
Copyright:
 2011 Uros Platise <uros.platise@isotel.eu>
 Modified for use in AP_HAL by
      Andrew Tridgell
      Siddharth Bharat Purohit
License: BSD-3-clause and GPL-3+

Files:
 libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/common/stubs.c
Copyright:
 2006-2016 Giovanni Di Sirio, ChibiOS
 2009      Michael Fischer. All rights reserved.
License: Apache-2.0 and BSD-3-clause and GPL-3+

Files:
 libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/common/mcuconf.h
 libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/common/halconf.h
 libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/common/stm32f47_mcuconf.h
 libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/common/usbcfg*
Copyright:
 ChibiOS
 2006-2016 Giovanni Di Sirio
 Modified for use in AP_HAL by Andrew Tridgell and Siddharth Bharat Purohit
License: Apache-2.0 and GPL-3+

Files:
 libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/common/common_extf*
 libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/common/common.ld
 libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/common/common_mixf.ld
 libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/common/stm32f1_mcuconf.h
 libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/common/stm32f3_mcuconf.h
 libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/common/stm32g4_mcuconf.h
 libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/common/stm32h7_A3_mcuconf.h
 libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/common/stm32h7_mcuconf.h
 libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/common/stm32h7_type2_mcuconf.h
 libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/common/stm32l4_mcuconf.h
 libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/common/stm32l4+_mcuconf.h
Copyright:
 2006-2018 Giovanni Di Sirio
License: Apache-2.0

Files:
 libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/common/sysperf.*
Copyright:
 2018-2022 Bob Anderson (VK2GJ)
License: Apache-2.0

Files:
 libraries/AP_HAL_ESP32/i2c_sw.c
 libraries/AP_HAL_ESP32/i2c_sw.h
Copyright:
 2014-2017 Freie Universität Berlin
           Gunar Schorcht <gunar@schorcht.net>
License: LGPL-2.1

Files:
 libraries/AP_HAL/utility/*
Copyright:
 2010 Michael Smith. All rights reserved.
 2015-2016 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
 2012 Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
License: GPL-3+

Files:
 libraries/AP_HAL/utility/dsm.cpp
Copyright:
 2012-2014 PX4 Development Team. All rights reserved.
 modified for use in AP_HAL_* by Andrew Tridgell
License: BSD-3-clause

Files:
 libraries/AP_HAL/utility/ftoa_engine.*
Copyright:
 2005 Dmitry Xmelkov
 Rewritten in C by Soren Kuula
License: BSD-3-clause

Files:
 libraries/AP_HAL/utility/getopt_cpp.cpp
Copyright:
 Portions Copyright (c) 1987, 1993, 1994
 The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
 .
 Portions Copyright (c) 2003
 PostgreSQL Global Development Group
 .
 Simple conversion to C++ by Andrew Tridgell for ArduPilot. Based on
 getopt_long.cpp from ccache
License: BSD-3-clause

Files:
 libraries/AP_HAL/utility/print_vprintf.cpp
Copyright:
 2002 Alexander Popov <sasho@vip.bg>
 2002,2004,2005 Joerg Wunsch
 2005 Helmut Wallner
 2007 Dmitry Xmelkov
 All rights reserved.
License: BSD-3-clause

Files:
 libraries/AP_HAL/utility/RCOutput_Tap.*
Copyright:
 2016  PX4 Development Team. All rights reserved.
 2017  Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
License: BSD-3-clause and GPL-3+

Files:
 libraries/AP_HAL/utility/st24.cpp
 libraries/AP_HAL/utility/st24.h
Copyright:
 2014 PX4 Development Team
License: BSD-3-clause

Files:
 libraries/AP_HAL/utility/sumd.cpp
 libraries/AP_HAL/utility/sumd.h
Copyright:
 2015 PX4 Development Team
License: BSD-3-clause

Files:
 libraries/AP_HAL/utility/utoa_invert.cpp
Copyright:
 2005, Dmitry Xmelkov
 Rewritten in C by Soren Kuula
License: BSD-3-clause

Files:
 libraries/AP_HAL/utility/xtoa_fast.h
Copyright:
 2005, Dmitry Xmelkov
License: BSD-3-clause

Files:
 libraries/AP_IOMCU/fw_uploader.cpp
Copyright:
 2012-2015 PX4 Development Team. All rights reserved.
License: BSD-3-clause and GPL-3+

Files:
 libraries/AP_JSON/AP_JSON.cpp
Copyright:
 ArduPilot JSON parser, based on picojson.h cloned from:
   https://github.com/kazuho/picojson
 Picojson copyright:
 2009-2010 Cybozu Labs, Inc.
 2011-2014 Kazuho Oku
 All rights reserved.
License: BSD-2-clause

Files:
 libraries/AP_Networking/config/lwipopts.h
Copyright:
 2001-2003 Swedish Institute of Computer Science.
           Adam Dunkels <adam@sics.se>
License: BSD-3-clause

Files:
 libraries/AP_InertialSensor/AP_InertialSensor_BMI270.cpp
Copyright:
 2020 Bosch Sensortec GmbH
License: BSD-3-clause and GPL-3+
Comment:
 The device configuration microcode array carries Bosch's BSD-3-clause
 notice. The surrounding ArduPilot driver carries a GPL-3+ notice.

Files:
 libraries/AP_ONVIF/onvifhelpers.h
 libraries/AP_ONVIF/sha1.cpp
Copyright:
 2002, Dr Brian Gladman, Worcester, UK.   All rights reserved.
License: Brian-Gladman

Files:
 libraries/AP_HAL/utility/sparse-endian.h
Copyright:
 2012 Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
License: Expat

Files:
 libraries/AP_Camera/examples/*
Copyright:
 2015 Tamaggo Inc.
License: Expat

Files:
 libraries/AP_Scripting/tests/math.lua
 libraries/AP_Scripting/tests/strings.lua
Copyright:
 1994-2016 Lua.org, PUC-Rio.
License: Expat

Files:
 libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/NarinFC-H7/hwdef-bl.dat
 libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/NarinFC-H7/hwdef.dat
Copyright:
 2011-2020 CUAV
License: BSD-3-clause

Files:
 libraries/AP_HAL_Linux/Flow_PX4.cpp
Copyright:
 2013 PX4 Development Team. All rights reserved.
      Petri Tanskanen <tpetri@inf.ethz.ch>
      Lorenz Meier <lm@inf.ethz.ch>
      Samuel Zihlmann <samuezih@ee.ethz.ch>
      Modified to fit the APM framework by:
      Julien BERAUD <julien.beraud@parrot.com>
License: BSD-3-clause

Files:
 libraries/SITL/examples/JSON/MATLAB/tcp_udp_ip_2.0.6/pnet.c
Copyright:
 == Main Authour ==
 Peter Rydesater <Peter.Rydesater@mh.se>
 Östersund, Sweden
 SEE MORE:  http://www.rydesater.com
 +46 70 560 68 16
 == Windows support ==
 Mario Bergeron <Mario.Bergeron@lyrtech.com>
 LYRtech, Québec, Canada
 == Earlie/Basic UDP support ==
 Mike Medeiros at 23-Jan-2001
License: GPL-2+

Files:
 libraries/AP_ADSB/sagetech-sdk/*
Copyright:
 2020 SoftSolutions, Inc.
 2021 Sagetech, Inc. All rights reserved.
      Jacob.Garrison
License: Apache-2.0

Files:
 libraries/AP_CheckFirmware/monocypher*
Copyright:
 2017-2020 Loup Vaillant
License: BSD-2-clause or CC0-1.0

Files:
 libraries/AP_Compass/AP_Compass_IST8308.*
Copyright:
 2018  Lucas De Marchi. All rights reserved.
License: GPL-2+

Files:
 libraries/AP_CRSF/AP_CRSF_Protocol.h
Copyright:
 Team Black Sheep (Crossfire constants)
License: BSD-2-clause and GPL-3+

Files:
 libraries/AP_GyroFFT/CMSIS_5/*
Copyright:
 2010-2017 ARM Limited or its affiliates.
 2010-2019 Arm Limited or its affiliates.
License: Apache-2.0

Files:
 libraries/SITL/examples/Webots/controllers/ardupilot_SITL_QUAD/Makefile
 libraries/SITL/examples/Webots/controllers/ardupilot_SITL_ROVER/Makefile
 libraries/SITL/examples/Webots/controllers/ardupilot_SITL_TRICOPTER/Makefile
 libraries/SITL/examples/Webots/plugins/physics/sitl_physics_env/Makefile
Copyright:
 1996-2019 Cyberbotics Ltd.
License: Apache-2.0
Comment:
 These are Webots' standard Makefile templates. The ArduPilot-specific
 controller sources retain the project's default GPL-3+ licensing.

Files:
 modules/mavlink/*
Copyright:
 2009-2010 Lorenz Meier / PIXHAWK Team
License: LGPL-3 with MAVLink-code-generation exception
Comment:
 COPYING and README.md identify LGPL version 3. COPYING also grants the
 additional permission reproduced below for MIT-licensed generator output.
 Files with explicit GPL-3+ and BSD-3-clause notices are recorded separately.

Files:
 modules/mavlink/mavgenerate.py
Copyright:
 2012 David Goodman <dagoodman@soe.ucsc.edu>
License: GPL-3+

Files:
 modules/mavlink/examples/linux/mavlink_udp.c
Copyright:
 2010 Bryan Godbolt <godbolt@ualberta.ca>
License: GPL-3+

Files:
 modules/mavlink/cmake/arkcmake/*
Copyright:
 2006 Alexander Neundorf <neundorf@kde.org>
 2008-2009 Kitware, Inc.
License: BSD-3-clause

Files:
 modules/waf/*
Copyright:
 2005-2018 Thomas Nagy
 2011-2014 Jérôme Carretero
 2019 Alibek Omarov
 2012-2013, 2018 Garmin International or its subsidiaries
License: BSD-3-clause

Files:
 modules/waf/playground/gtest/tests/gtest_main.cc
Copyright:
 2006 Google Inc.
License: BSD-3-clause

Files:
 libraries/AP_HAL_ESP32/targets/esp32/esp-idf/main.c
 libraries/AP_HAL_ESP32/targets/esp32s3/esp-idf/main.c
Copyright:
 No copyright notice in these files.
License: CC0-1.0
Comment:
 The headers explicitly offer public-domain status or CC0. CC0 is selected.

Files:
 libraries/AP_RCTelemetry/spektrumTelemetrySensors.h
Copyright:
 2013 Horizon Hobby, Inc.
License: public-domain
Comment:
 The header states "Released to Public Domain" and explicitly permits use
 in non-Horizon products.

Files:
 Tools/scripts/build_sizes/sorttable.js
Copyright:
 Stuart Langridge
 2006 Dean Edwards
License: Sorttable-MIT and Expat
Comment:
 The main code's X11 reference points to the author's MIT licence at
 https://www.kryogenix.org/code/browser/licence.html. That published grant
 is reproduced below as Sorttable-MIT. The embedded Dean Edwards forEach
 implementation cites the standard MIT (Expat) licence.

Files:
 libraries/AP_Scripting/lua/*
Copyright:
 1994-2020 Lua.org, PUC-Rio
License: Expat

Files:
 libraries/AP_RCProtocol/AP_RCProtocol_ST24.cpp
 libraries/AP_RCProtocol/AP_RCProtocol_SUMD.cpp
Copyright:
 2015 PX4 Development Team
License: BSD-3-clause

Files:
 libraries/AP_ONVIF/soap/onvif.h
Copyright:
 2000-2021 Robert van Engelen, Genivia Inc.
License: GPL-2+ with OpenSSL exception

Files:
 libraries/AP_RCProtocol/AP_RCProtocol_Backend.cpp
 libraries/AP_RCProtocol/AP_RCProtocol_Backend.h
 libraries/AP_RCProtocol/AP_RCProtocol_CRSF.cpp
 libraries/AP_RCProtocol/AP_RCProtocol_DSM.cpp
 libraries/AP_RCProtocol/AP_RCProtocol_DSM.h
 libraries/AP_RCProtocol/AP_RCProtocol_FPort2.cpp
 libraries/AP_RCProtocol/AP_RCProtocol_FPort2.h
 libraries/AP_RCProtocol/AP_RCProtocol_FPort.cpp
 libraries/AP_RCProtocol/AP_RCProtocol_FPort.h
 libraries/AP_RCProtocol/AP_RCProtocol_GHST.cpp
 libraries/AP_RCProtocol/AP_RCProtocol_GHST.h
 libraries/AP_RCProtocol/AP_RCProtocol_IBUS.cpp
 libraries/AP_RCProtocol/AP_RCProtocol_IBUS.h
 libraries/AP_RCProtocol/AP_RCProtocol_PPMSum.cpp
 libraries/AP_RCProtocol/AP_RCProtocol_PPMSum.h
 libraries/AP_RCProtocol/AP_RCProtocol_SBUS.h
 libraries/AP_RCProtocol/AP_RCProtocol_SRXL2.cpp
 libraries/AP_RCProtocol/AP_RCProtocol_SRXL2.h
 libraries/AP_RCProtocol/AP_RCProtocol_SRXL.cpp
 libraries/AP_RCProtocol/AP_RCProtocol_SRXL.h
 libraries/AP_RCProtocol/AP_RCProtocol_ST24.h
 libraries/AP_RCProtocol/AP_RCProtocol_SUMD.h
Copyright:
 Andrew Tridgell and Siddharth Bharat Purohit
License: GPL-3+

Files:
 libraries/AP_RCProtocol/AP_RCProtocol_CRSF.h
Copyright:
 Team Black Sheep (Crossfire constants)
License: BSD-2-clause and GPL-3+

Files:
 libraries/AP_RCProtocol/AP_RCProtocol_SBUS.cpp
Copyright:
 2012-2014 PX4 Development Team
 Andrew Tridgell and Siddharth Bharat Purohit
License: BSD-3-clause and GPL-3+

Files:
 libraries/AP_RobotisServo/AP_RobotisServo.cpp
Copyright:
 2017 ROBOTIS CO., LTD.
License: Apache-2.0 and GPL-3+

Files:
 libraries/AP_ROMFS/tinflate.cpp
 libraries/AP_ROMFS/tinf.h
Copyright:
 2003 Joergen Ibsen / Jibz
 2014-2016 Paul Sokolovsky
License: Zlib

Files:
 libraries/AP_SBusOut/AP_SBusOut.cpp
Copyright:
 2012-2014 PX4 Development Team
License: BSD-3-clause

Files:
 libraries/SITL/examples/JSON/MATLAB/tcp_udp_ip_2.0.6/GNU_General_Public_License.txt
Copyright:
 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License: GPL-2

Files:
 libraries/AP_RCProtocol/spm*
Copyright:
 2019 Horizon Hobby, LLC
License: Expat

Files:
 Tools/simulink/arducopter/*
Copyright: Fabian Bredemeier - IAV GmbH
License: GPL-3

Files: Tools/scripts/tfminiplus.py
Copyright: No copyright notice in this file
License: GPL-3

Files:
 Tools/scripts/bin2hex.py
 Tools/scripts/uploader.py
Copyright:
 2008, 2010-2013 Alexander Belchenko
 2012-2017 PX4 Development Team.
License: BSD-3-clause

Files:
 Tools/ros2/ardupilot_dds_tests/test/test_copyright.py
 Tools/ros2/ardupilot_dds_tests/test/test_pep257.py
Copyright:
 2015 Open Source Robotics Foundation, Inc.
License: Apache-2.0

Files:
 Tools/Linux_HAL_Essentials/devicetree/pxf/BB-BONE-PRU-05-00A0.dts
 Tools/Linux_HAL_Essentials/devicetree/pxf/BB-PXF-01-00A0.dts
Copyright:
 2013 Pantelis Antoniou <panto@antoniou-consulting.com>
License: GPL-2

Files:
 Tools/AP_Bootloader/bl_protocol.cpp
Copyright:
 2012-2014 PX4 Development Team
License: BSD-3-clause

Files:
 Tools/AP_Bootloader/md5.cpp
Copyright:
 None (public domain)
License: public-domain

Files:
 Tools/CHDK-Scripts/Cannon?S100/3DR_EAI_S100.lua
 Tools/CHDK-Scripts/Cannon?SX260/3DR_EAI_SX260.lua
 Tools/CHDK-Scripts/kap_uav.lua
Copyright: waterwingz and wayback/peabody
License: GPL-1+

Files:
 Tools/ros2/ardupilot_sitl/src/ardupilot_sitl/actions.py
Copyright:
 2018 Open Source Robotics Foundation, Inc.
 2023 ArduPilot.org
License: Apache-2.0 and GPL-3+

Files:
 Tools/UDP_Proxy/udpproxy.c
Copyright:
 Andrew Tridgell
License: GPL-3

Files:
 libraries/AP_Common/missing/fenv.h
Copyright:
 2004 David Schultz <das@FreeBSD.ORG>
License: BSD-2-clause and GPL-3+
Comment:
 The x86 OS X floating-point exception polyfill is declared public domain.

Files:
 debian/*
Copyright:
 2026 Steffen Moeller <moeller@debian.org>
License: GPL-3.0+

License: GPL-3.0+
 This package is free software: you can redistribute it and modify
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     Alain.Durand@imag.fr, IMAG,
     Jean-Luc.Richier@imag.fr, IMAG-LSR.
 .
     Copyright (c) 1998, 1999 Francis.Dupont@inria.fr, GIE DYADE,
     Alain.Durand@imag.fr, IMAG,
     Jean-Luc.Richier@imag.fr, IMAG-LSR.
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     Économique ayant pour membres BULL S.A. et l'INRIA).
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     "University of California at Berkeley" et
     "Digital Equipment Corporation" couvertes par des copyrights.
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     L'Institut d'Informatique et de Mathématiques Appliquées de Grenoble (IMAG)
     est une fédération d'unités mixtes de recherche du CNRS, de l'Institut National
     Polytechnique de Grenoble et de l'Université Joseph Fourier regroupant
     sept laboratoires dont le laboratoire Logiciels, Systèmes, Réseaux (LSR).
 .
     This work has been done in the context of GIE DYADE (joint R & D venture
     between BULL S.A. and INRIA).
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     is a federation of seven research units funded by the CNRS, National
     Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble and University Joseph Fourier.
     The research unit in Software, Systems, Networks (LSR) is member of IMAG.
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      tech-transfer@andrew.cmu.edu
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    prior written permission. For permission or any legal
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      Carnegie Mellon University
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      Pittsburgh, PA  15213-3890
      (412) 268-4387, fax: (412) 268-7395
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 THE AUTHORS OF THIS SOFTWARE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO
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 AND FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
 SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
 WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN
 AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING
 OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 .
 Copyright (c) 1995, 1996, 1997 Francis.Dupont@inria.fr, INRIA Rocquencourt,
     Alain.Durand@imag.fr, IMAG,
     Jean-Luc.Richier@imag.fr, IMAG-LSR.
 .
     Copyright (c) 1998, 1999 Francis.Dupont@inria.fr, GIE DYADE,
     Alain.Durand@imag.fr, IMAG,
     Jean-Luc.Richier@imag.fr, IMAG-LSR.
 .
     Ce travail a été fait au sein du GIE DYADE (Groupement d'Intérêt
     Économique ayant pour membres BULL S.A. et l'INRIA).
 .
     Ce logiciel informatique est disponible aux conditions
     usuelles dans la recherche, c'est-à-dire qu'il peut
     être utilisé, copié, modifié, distribué à l'unique
     condition que ce texte soit conservé afin que
     l'origine de ce logiciel soit reconnue.
 .
     Le nom de l'Institut National de Recherche en Informatique
     et en Automatique (INRIA), de l'IMAG, ou d'une personne morale
     ou physique ayant participé à l'élaboration de ce logiciel ne peut
     être utilisé sans son accord préalable explicite.
 .
     Ce logiciel est fourni tel quel sans aucune garantie,
     support ou responsabilité d'aucune sorte.
     Ce logiciel est dérivé de sources d'origine
     "University of California at Berkeley" et
     "Digital Equipment Corporation" couvertes par des copyrights.
 .
     L'Institut d'Informatique et de Mathématiques Appliquées de Grenoble (IMAG)
     est une fédération d'unités mixtes de recherche du CNRS, de l'Institut National
     Polytechnique de Grenoble et de l'Université Joseph Fourier regroupant
     sept laboratoires don't le laboratoire Logiciels, Systèmes, Réseaux (LSR).
 .
     This work has been done in the context of GIE DYADE (joint R & D venture
     between BULL S.A. and INRIA).
 .
     This software is available with usual "research" terms
     with the aim of retain credits of the software.
     Permission to use, copy, modify and distribute this software for any
     purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
     copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies,
     and the name of INRIA, IMAG, or any contributor not be used in advertising
     or publicity pertaining to this material without the prior explicit
     permission. The software is provided "as is" without any
     warranties, support or liabilities of any kind.
     This software is derived from source code from
     "University of California at Berkeley" and
     "Digital Equipment Corporation" protected by copyrights.
 .
     Grenoble's Institute of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics (IMAG)
     is a federation of seven research units funded by the CNRS, National
     Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble and University Joseph Fourier.
     The research unit in Software, Systems, Networks (LSR) is member of IMAG.
 .
 Copyright (c) 1984-2000 Carnegie Mellon University. All rights reserved.
 .
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
 are met:
 .
 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
 .
 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
    the documentation and other materials provided with the
    distribution.
 .
 3. The name "Carnegie Mellon University" must not be used to
    endorse or promote products derived from this software without
    prior written permission. For permission or any legal
    details, please contact
      Office of Technology Transfer
      Carnegie Mellon University
      5000 Forbes Avenue
      Pittsburgh, PA  15213-3890
      (412) 268-4387, fax: (412) 268-7395
      tech-transfer@andrew.cmu.edu
 .
 4. Redistributions of any form whatsoever must retain the following
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DFSG Assistant LLM REVIEW 1 blocker, 1 important, 3 minor

This is an LLM based review using a Debian Inference based workflow. It was not written by a member of the DFSG team and has not been checked by one. It is not a decision on the package: it may be wrong, and it may have missed things.

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DFSG NEW review for ardupilot version 4.7.2+ds7-1

Summary

  • Licensing is DFSG-compliant and debian/copyright is accurate: No
  • Packaging is of good quality: Yes
  • Issues: 1 blocker, 1 important, 3 minor
  • debian/watch: version 5
  • debian/copyright: machine-readable
  • Scan before the review: 62 found

Licensing

debian/copyright is a careful DEP-5 file that matches most of a very large tree, and the main ArduPilot, ChibiOS, MAVLink, Waf, Lua and CMSIS parts are correctly described and free. It is not DFSG-clean as it stands: libraries/SITL/examples/Webots_Python/protos/BlueBoat.proto, its five STL meshes and the ocean.wbt world that uses them are copied from Webots and state Licensed for use only with Webots, a field-of-use restriction that Files: * misdescribes as GPL-3.0+; they are also installed by ardupilot-sitl. The FlightGear-derived aircraft models and the tcp_udp_ip toolbox are matched only by Files: * and their credited authors are not named, and crc.cpp refers to a LICENSE file that is not in the package.

Packaging

The packaging follows current practice: debhelper 13 with the dh sequencer, a working Waf override set, all upstream changes as DEP-3 quilt patches, hardening, an autopkgtest and a build-time smoke test, Built-Using derived from libcanard-dev's source version, man pages, a launcher, README.Debian and README.source. Standards-Version 4.7.4 matches the archive's Policy and the declared build dependencies are used where they are needed. The remaining points are small: README.Debian documents a --wipe option sim_vehicle.py does not accept, and the Cortex/ECU Piccolo protocol code ships without its ProtoGen XML input.

Issues

blocker licensing 1. libraries/SITL/examples/Webots_Python/protos/BlueBoat.proto is licensed for use only with Webots and is shipped in both source and binary ◂
  • Files: libraries/SITL/examples/Webots_Python/protos/BlueBoat.proto:2, libraries/SITL/examples/Webots_Python/protos/stl/bar.stl, libraries/SITL/examples/Webots_Python/protos/stl/bracket_bar.stl, libraries/SITL/examples/Webots_Python/protos/stl/crosstube.stl, libraries/SITL/examples/Webots_Python/protos/stl/left_hull.stl, libraries/SITL/examples/Webots_Python/protos/stl/right_hull.stl, libraries/SITL/examples/Webots_Python/worlds/ocean.wbt:6,44, debian/ardupilot-sitl.install:22, debian/copyright:41
  • Basis: checked, in the package or with a reference tool
  • Evidence: # license: Copyright Cyberbotics Ltd. Licensed for use only with Webots. / # license url: https://cyberbotics.com/webots_assets_license in BlueBoat.proto; the same PROTO loads ./stl/left_hull.stl, ./stl/right_hull.stl, ./stl/crosstube.stl, ./stl/bar.stl and ./stl/bracket_bar.stl, and ocean.wbt uses ../protos/BlueBoat.proto. debian/copyright has no Webots or Cyberbotics stanza; only Files: * / License: GPL-3.0+ matches these files.
  • Problem: The file's own licence limits use to Webots, a restriction on fields of endeavour, so it is not free software (DFSG 6, and DFSG 3 for modified versions). The source package therefore contains non-free material, and the installed package ships it because libraries/SITL/examples is installed wholesale; debian/copyright claims GPL-3.0+ for it.
  • Fix: Remove BlueBoat.proto, its five STL meshes and ocean.wbt from the source archive (add them to Files-Excluded and repack, documenting it in README.source) or replace them with freely licensed models, and audit the remaining Webots_Python meshes, textures and protos for the same licence before keeping them. Do not install any file that carries the restricted notice.
important licensing 2. Files: * does not name the FlightGear-derived aircraft model authors James Goppert, Lee Elliot, Dave Culp and Curt Olson ◂
  • Files: Tools/autotest/aircraft/arducopter/arducopter.xml:5, Tools/autotest/aircraft/arducopter/plus_quad2.xml:5, Tools/autotest/aircraft/arducopter/arducopter-set.xml:10, Tools/autotest/aircraft/arducopter/plus_quad2-set.xml:10, Tools/autotest/aircraft/Rascal/Rascal110-JSBSim-set.xml:14, Tools/autotest/aircraft/arducopter/README:1, Tools/autotest/aircraft/Rascal/README.Rascal:1, debian/copyright:41
  • Basis: checked, in the package or with a reference tool
  • Evidence: <author> James Goppert </author>, <author>Lee Elliot (3D) Dave Culp (JSBsim dynamics) and Curt Olson</author>; README: This model is based on the Rascal110 from FlightGear / This model is based on the arducopter mode from James Goppert. None of these four names appears anywhere in debian/copyright; the trees are installed under /usr/share/ardupilot/Tools/autotest/aircraft.
  • Problem: These files are matched only by the catch-all Files: * stanza, whose long holder list omits the authors credited in the model files themselves, and whose GPL-3.0+ does not record that they are FlightGear aircraft models. debian/copyright is therefore inaccurate for an installed subtree; the author tags are the attribution the models carry.
  • Fix: Add a Files stanza for Tools/autotest/aircraft/* naming James Goppert, Lee Elliot, Dave Culp and Curt Olson (and the FlightGear aircraft authors generally), with License: GPL-2+ (FlightGear's licence for these models) unless the files themselves state otherwise.
minor licensing 3. The tcp_udp_ip stanza covers only pnet.c, leaving pnet.m and whatsnew.txt under Files: * without their author or the linking exception ◂
  • Files: debian/copyright:387-400, libraries/SITL/examples/JSON/MATLAB/tcp_udp_ip_2.0.6/pnet.c:13,25, libraries/SITL/examples/JSON/MATLAB/tcp_udp_ip_2.0.6/pnet.m:230, libraries/SITL/examples/JSON/MATLAB/tcp_udp_ip_2.0.6/whatsnew.txt:11-16
  • Basis: checked, in the package or with a reference tool
  • Evidence: pnet.c: either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version and In addition, as a SPECIAL EXCEPTION, ... gives permission to link the code of this program with any library; the copyright stanza lists only libraries/SITL/examples/JSON/MATLAB/tcp_udp_ip_2.0.6/pnet.c with License: GPL-2+. pnet.m ends with % Peter Rydesäter, Mitthögskolan ... and no licence; whatsnew.txt says See license.txt, which is not shipped.
  • Problem: pnet.m and whatsnew.txt belong to the same GPL-2+ toolbox but fall under Files: * (GPL-3.0+), and the holder Peter Rydesäter is not in that stanza's copyright list; the special linking exception reproduced in pnet.c is not recorded at all. The directory is installed under /usr/share/ardupilot/libraries/SITL/examples.
  • Fix: Make the stanza libraries/SITL/examples/JSON/MATLAB/tcp_udp_ip_2.0.6/* with the Peter Rydesäter/Mario Bergeron/Mike Medeiros copyright and a licence short name that includes the linking exception, with its text in a stand-alone License paragraph.
minor packaging 4. README.Debian documents a --wipe option that the launcher's sim_vehicle.py does not accept ◂
  • Files: debian/README.Debian:116, Tools/autotest/sim_vehicle.py:1266
  • Basis: checked, in the package or with a reference tool
  • Evidence: README.Debian: --wipe resets stored parameters; sim_vehicle.py defines group_sim.add_option("-w", "--wipe-eeprom", ...) and its CompatOptionParser turns any other no such option into an error exit (Perhaps you want --sim_vehicle_sh_compatible (-C)?) before mavproxy is started.
  • Problem: The documented command ardupilot-sitl --wipe fails with an option error instead of wiping parameters, so the user-facing documentation is wrong for an installed, supported workflow.
  • Fix: Document -w/--wipe-eeprom as the launcher option (or explain that it is passed through after -A), and check the other option names in README.Debian against sim_vehicle.py.
minor packaging 5. Cortex* and ECU* ProtoGen output ships without the protocol XML that generates it ◂
  • Files: libraries/AP_PiccoloCAN/piccolo_protocol/CortexPackets.c:1, libraries/AP_PiccoloCAN/piccolo_protocol/ECUProtocol.c:1, libraries/AP_PiccoloCAN/piccolo_protocol/README.md, libraries/AP_PiccoloCAN/piccolo_protocol/ESCVelocity_source.xml, libraries/AP_PiccoloCAN/piccolo_protocol/Servo_source.xml
  • Basis: checked, in the package or with a reference tool
  • Evidence: // CortexPackets.c was generated by ProtoGen version 3.5.c, // ECUProtocol.c was generated by ProtoGen version 3.2.a; only ESCVelocity_source.xml and Servo_source.xml exist, and README.md says The raw protocol definition for each device type is provided in a .xml file (e.g. protocol_esc_velocity.xml) although no file of that name is shipped. CortexProtocol.h and ECUProtocol.h are included by AP_PiccoloCAN_Cortex.cpp and AP_PiccoloCAN_ECU.cpp.
  • Problem: For two of the five protocol families the generator input is absent, so the package does not carry the preferred form for modifying those protocols, and the README's example cannot be followed. This is a source-completeness/maintainability problem, not a licence problem.
  • Fix: Ship the Cortex and ECU protocol XML definitions and their generation instructions, or drop the unused generated families together with their users; correct the README's file name.
Verified ◂
  • debian/copyright read in full (1491 lines): it is DEP-5 with the correct Format: line, a Files-Excluded header field and stand-alone License paragraphs; its Files: patterns and the holders/licences of ArduPilot, ChibiOS-derived hwdef/common/*, MAVLink, Waf, Lua, CMSIS, sagetech-sdk, monocypher, tinflate, Brian Gladman SHA1 and public-domain files match the tree where checked.
  • Files-Excluded targets are absent: modules/ChibiOS, CrashDebug, DroneCAN/DSDL, dronecan_dsdlc, libcanard, pydronecan, gsoap, Micro-CDR, Micro-XRCE-DDS-Client, gbenchmark, gtest, littlefs, lwip, mavlink/pymavlink, modules/waf/playground/xilinx-ise, modules/waf/docs/slides/presentation/gfx/waflogo.svg, modules/waf/playground/rst/test.svg, Tools/Linux_HAL_Essentials/pru/rangefinderpru, rcinpru0, pwmpru1, libraries/AP_GyroFFT/CMSIS_5/lib/*.a; no *.jar, *.bin, *.hex, *.elf, *.mexa64 or *.mexw64 remain.
  • No CC-BY-NC/ND material remains (grep for by-nc, NonCommercial, NoDeriv); the two Waf logos were removed, as README.source:85 says.
  • Vagrantfile:138,159,180 only explain that HashiCorp's Business Source License applies to Ubuntu's Vagrant images, which are not distributed; modules/waf/build_system_kit/nostate/README.txt:2 (this example is for research purposes only) is prose about the example, not a licence grant; debian/README.source:85 is a description of removed files.
  • modules/waf/playground/sphinx/src/conf.py:23 copyright = '2019, sphinx' is a Sphinx-quickstart placeholder, not a copyright claim; the file is part of the BSD-3-clause Waf tree (modules/waf/* stanza).
  • libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/Pixhawk4/pixhawk4-pinout.jpg and libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/PH4-mini/PH4-mini-pinout.jpg are credited in their README.md files as PX4 images under CC-BY-4.0, matching the copyright stanza.
  • modules/mavlink/COPYING is LGPL-3 with the code-generation exception, mavgenerate.py is GPL-3+ and cmake/arkcmake BSD-3, matching the copyright stanzas; only release-pinned MAVLink XML definitions remain.
  • libraries/AP_Scripting/lua/ is Lua 5.3.6 patched with ARDUPILOT_BUILD conditionals, so it is not a plain convenience copy of liblua5.3; libraries/AP_Scripting/lua/doc/readme.html is covered by the Lua Expat stanza.
  • The 20 archives are data, models or test fixtures, none a built artifact: Tools/Frame_params/XPlane/NACA_64_xxx_Airfoils_from_TR824.zip (NACA TR-824 airfoil data), Tools/autotest/tilecache/srtm/N21W157.hgt.zip, Tools/autotest/tilecache/srtm/N64W140.hgt.zip, Tools/autotest/tilecache/srtm/S28E151.hgt.zip, Tools/autotest/tilecache/srtm/S36E148.hgt.zip, Tools/autotest/tilecache/srtm/S36E149.hgt.zip (SRTM elevation tiles), Tools/simulink/arducopter/arducopter.slx, libraries/SITL/examples/JSON/MATLAB/AP_Conector.slx, libraries/SITL/examples/JSON/MATLAB/Heli/heli.slx, libraries/SITL/examples/JSON/MATLAB/MATLAB 2018b Legacy/AP_Conector.slx, libraries/SITL/examples/JSON/MATLAB/MATLAB 2018b Legacy/Rover.slx, libraries/SITL/examples/JSON/MATLAB/Rover/Rover.slx (editable Simulink models), modules/waf/playground/dynamic_build2/foo.tar (Waf test fixture) and modules/waf/docs/slides/presentation/gfx/slides-executable_deps.dia (gzip-compressed Dia diagram source).
  • libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/CORVON405V2_1/CORVON405V2.1_Pinout.xlsx, libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/CORVON743V1/CORVON743V1_Pinout.xlsx, libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/MicoAir405Mini/MicoAir405Mini_Pinout.xlsx, libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/MicoAir405v2/MicoAir405v2_Pinout.xlsx, libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/MicoAir743/MicoAir743_Pinout.xlsx and libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/NxtPX4v2/NxtPX4v2_Pinout.xlsx are board pinout spreadsheets shipped with their hwdef directories, documentation rather than built files; they carry no separate copyright notice and fall under Files: *.
  • libraries/AP_HAL_ChibiOS/hwdef/SkySakuraH743/Wiring diagram.pdf is a hardware wiring diagram for that board, documentation like the PNG pinouts beside it, not a built binary; no editable source for it is shipped, but the modifiable board definition is in hwdef.dat/README.md.
  • The binary data files are compiled or binary test/example data with the matching source present where it exists: Tools/Linux_HAL_Essentials/devicetree/pxf/BB-BONE-PRU-05-00A0.dtbo, BB-PXF-01-00A0.dtbo, BB-SPI0-PXF-01-00A0.dtbo, BB-SPI1-PXF-01-00A0.dtbo (compiled from the .dts files beside them); Tools/autotest/aircraft/Rascal/Models/Rascal.rgb, Tools/autotest/aircraft/Rascal/Rascal110-splash.rgb, Tools/autotest/aircraft/arducopter/Models/quad.3ds, Tools/autotest/aircraft/arducopter/Models/shareware_output.3ds (FlightGear view model resources, see the aircraft copyright issue); Tools/autotest/tilecache/srtm/filelist_python (a pickled SRTM tile list); libraries/AP_Beacon/examples/AP_Marvelmind_test/sample.dump, libraries/AP_Proximity/AP_Proximity/examples/LD06/sample.dump, libraries/AP_GSOF/tests/gsof_gps.dat (test input data); libraries/AP_Logger/examples/AP_Logger_AllTypes/output.BIN (logger test data); libraries/AP_NavEKF/Models/AttErrVecMathExample/with_initial_alignment.fig, libraries/AP_NavEKF/Models/testData/fltTest.mat, libraries/AP_NavEKF/Models/testData/gndTest.mat, libraries/SITL/examples/JSON/MATLAB/Copter/Hexsoon.mat (MATLAB model/test data with the .m sources present); modules/waf/demos/mac_app/resources/MainMenu.nib/keyedobjects.nib (compiled nib, designable.nib is beside it); the 13 libraries/SITL/examples/JSON/pybullet/models/opendog/meshes/*.STL (example robot meshes).
  • libraries/SITL/examples/Webots_Python/protos/stl/bar.stl, libraries/SITL/examples/Webots_Python/protos/stl/bracket_bar.stl, libraries/SITL/examples/Webots_Python/protos/stl/crosstube.stl, libraries/SITL/examples/Webots_Python/protos/stl/left_hull.stl and libraries/SITL/examples/Webots_Python/protos/stl/right_hull.stl are the meshes loaded by BlueBoat.proto and are covered by the Webots licensing blocker.
  • modules/waf/playground/maxjobs/bar.a, modules/waf/playground/maxjobs/foo.a and modules/waf/playground/maxjobs/truc.a are tiny static-library fixtures for the Waf demo, part of the BSD-3-clause modules/waf/* tree (not listed by the prescan).
  • debian/rules, control, changelog, source/format, gbp.conf, salsa-ci.yml, README.Debian, README.source, TODO, lrc.config, the man pages, the launcher, install/links/dirs/manpages files, tests/control and debian/tests/sitl, all eight patches and their DEP-3 headers were read; .pc/ was not read.
  • The build/test wiring was followed: --disable-tests under nocheck, gtest and pkgconf needed only for tests, the Waf test step and the Python smoke test, the empty override_dh_auto_install with dh_install falling back to the source directory, and dh_missing exiting early because debian/tmp does not exist.
  • uscan found the packaged version as the newest upstream release (upstream 4.7.2, packaged 4.7.2+ds7).
  • Every pointer of debian/copyright to /usr/share/common-licenses names a file that is there (Apache-2.0, CC-BY-4.0, CC0-1.0, GPL-1, GPL-2, GPL-3, LGPL-2.1, LGPL-3).
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  • libcanard-dev, python3-dronecan and dronecan-dsdlc are not in the reviewing system's package lists or NEW queue snapshot of 2026-11-08, so the versioned Build-Depends cannot be checked; companion uploads may have been accepted since.
  • libraries/AP_Math/crc.cpp:387-399 says the Swift Navigation block is subject to the license found in the file 'LICENSE', and no LICENSE file is in the package; debian/copyright records the file only under GPL-3.0+. The actual Swift Navigation grant (recalled as LGPL-3) cannot be verified without that file, so this is not reported as an issue.
  • The 13 opendog STL meshes come from pyrobolearn per libraries/SITL/examples/JSON/pybullet/models/opendog/README.md, but no licence notice ships with them; whether their MIT (or other) terms need a separate stanza and holder could not be checked.
  • libraries/SITL/examples/Webots_Python/protos/meshes/iris.dae, iris_prop_ccw.dae, iris_prop_cw.dae and textures/aruco_*.png carry no licence line; if they are Webots assets they may fall under the same restricted licence as BlueBoat.proto.
  • The pinout .xlsx files and the Simulink .slx models, and Tools/autotest/aircraft/arducopter/Models/shareware_output.3ds, state no copyright or licence; their provenance could not be checked.
  • One text file larger than 4 MiB was only partly scanned by the prescan and was not read in full here.
  • waf may still exist as a Debian package (apt-cache on the reviewing system found none); if it does, the bundled modules/waf would be a Policy 4.13 convenience copy, currently justified in README.source by the pinned fork.
Proposed changes ◂

None.

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