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Review: cocotb 2.0.0-1

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Version2.0.0-1
Changed-Byأحمد المحمودي (Ahmed El-Mahmoudy)
Architectureamd64 source
Distributionunstable
DateFri, 10 Oct 2025 08:37:39 +0200
Sourcecocotb
.dsc
Package-Listpython3-cocotb deb electronics optional arch=any
Sectionelectronics
Priorityoptional
Componentmain
debian/copyright
Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Upstream-Name: cocotb
Upstream-Contact: Chris Higgs, Stuart Hodgson <cocotb@lists.librecores.org>
Source: https://www.cocotb.org

Files: *
Copyright:
 2013 Potential Ventures Ltd
 2013 SolarFlare Communications Inc
License: BSD-3-clause

Files: examples/*
Copyright:
 2013 Potential Ventures Ltd
 2013 SolarFlare Communications Inc
License: CC0-1.0

Files: examples/Makefile
       examples/adder/tests/Makefile
       examples/mixed_language/hdl/endian_swapper.sv
       examples/mixed_language/hdl/endian_swapper.vhdl
       examples/mixed_language/tests/test_mixed_language.py
Copyright:
 2013 Potential Ventures Ltd
 2013 SolarFlare Communications Inc
License: BSD-3-clause

Files: src/cocotb/_vendor/fli/mti.h
Copyright: 2022 Siemens
License: Apache-2.0

Files: tests/designs/viterbi_decoder_axi4s/*/*.vhd
       tests/designs/viterbi_decoder_axi4s/gpl-2.0.txt
Copyright: 2011-2014 Creonic GmbH
License: GPL-2

Files: debian/*
Copyright: 2023-2025 أحمد المحمودي (Ahmed El-Mahmoudy) <aelmahmoudy@users.sourceforge.net>
License: BSD-3-clause

License: BSD-3-clause
 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/or other materials provided with the distribution.
 .
 3. Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its
    contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
    this software without specific prior written permission.
 .
 THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND
 ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
 WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
 DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL POTENTIAL VENTURES LTD BE LIABLE FOR ANY
 DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
 (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
 LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
 ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
 (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
 SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

License: Apache-2.0
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 You may obtain a copy of the License at
 .
  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 .
 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 .
 On Debian systems, the full text of the Apache License
 can be found in the file `/usr/share/common-licenses/Apache-2.0'.

License: GPL-2
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 the Free Software Foundation, only version 2 of the License (not version 3.x
 etc.) is the valid version of the GNU General Public License for ELinks.
 .
 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 GNU General Public License for more details.
 .
 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 .
 On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU GPL3 licenses can be found at
 `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'.

License: CC0-1.0
 On Debian systems, the text of the CC0 1.0 Universal license can be
 found in ‘/usr/share/common-licenses/CC0-1.0’.

Review Information

rejected — allocated to mechtilde 15 days ago, started 15 days ago, completed 15 days ago.

Final Comment

Hello Ahmed,

this package is rejected because of some license issues.

First of all files licensed under Apache 2 and files licensed under GPL v2 only are incompatible.

The second issue is that the LICENSE file describes the whole package should be under BSD-3-clause.

Along Par. 2b (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html) "you must cause any work that you distribute or publish, that in whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any part thereof, to be licensed as a whole at no charge to all third parties under the terms of this License."

You can ask upstream if they can make changes.

If you need help to discuss it with upstream, I am willing to help you.

Kind regards

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