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Review: gavl 2.0.1-1~exp1

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Changed-ByIOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU)
Architecturesource amd64 all
Distributionexperimental
DateTue, 10 Feb 2026 00:10:05 +0100
Sourcegavl
Version2.0.1-1~exp1
.dsc
Sectionlibdevel
Priorityoptional
Componentmain
Package-Listlibgavl-dev deb libdevel optional arch=any
libgavl-doc deb doc optional arch=all
libgavl3 deb libs optional arch=any
debian/copyright
Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Upstream-Name: Gmerlin Audio Video Library
Upstream-Contact: Members of the Gmerlin project <gmerlin-general@lists.sourceforge.net>
Source: https://sourceforge.net/projects/gmerlin/files/gavl/

Files: *
Copyright:
 2001-2026 Members of the Gmerlin project <gmerlin-general@lists.sourceforge.net>
 2001-2004 the xine project
License: GPL-2+

Files: gavl/bayer.c
Copyright: 2008, Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
 2001-2024, Members of the Gmerlin project
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: gavl/libsamplerate/*
 include/samplerate.h
Copyright:
 2002-2008 Erik de Castro Lopo <erikd@mega-nerd.com>
License: GPL-2+

Files: gavl/libsamplerate/float_cast.h
 include/float_cast.h
Copyright:
 2001-2008, Erik de Castro Lopo <erikd@mega-nerd.com>
License: LGPL-2.1+

Files: gavl/libgdither/*
Copyright:
 2002 Steve Harris <steve@plugin.org.uk>
License: GPL-2+

Files: gavl/mmx/mmx.h
 include/attributes.h
Copyright: 1999-2000, Aaron Holtzman <aholtzma@ess.engr.uvic.ca>
  2000-2001, Michel Lespinasse <walken@zoy.org>
License: GPL-2+

Files: gavl/arith128.c
 include/arith128.h
Copyright: 2004, Linas Vepstas <linas@linas.org>
 2001-2024 Members of the Gmerlin project <gmerlin-general@lists.sourceforge.net>
License: GPL-2+

Files: include/bswap.h
Copyright: 2006 Michael Niedermayer <michaelni@gmx.at>
  2001-2024, Members of the Gmerlin project
License: GPL-2+ and LGPL-2.1+

Files: debian/*
Copyright:
 2011-2026, IOhannes m zmölnig <umlaeute@debian.org>
 2010-2012, Alessio Treglia <alessio@debian.org>
 2008-2009, Romain Beauxis <toots@rastageeks.org>
 2008 Christian Marillat <marillat@debian.org>
License: GPL-2+

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; either version 2 of the License, or
 (at your option) any later version.
 .
 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/>.
Comment:
 On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public
 License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2 file.

License: LGPL-2.1+
 FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 .
 FFmpeg 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
 Lesser General Public License for more details.
 .
 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
 along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
Comment:
 On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU Lesser General Public
 License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/LGPL-2.1 file.

Review Information

accepted — allocated to awm 9 days ago, started 9 days ago, completed 9 days ago.

Final Comment

Hi, I accept this since it is binary-NEW not NEW, but there seem to be some
license differences in your debian/copyright vs the actual files. The one
that is most concerning is gavl.spec.in which internally states 'GPL' as the
license. Perhaps upstream have updated the license and missed changing this?

Thanks!

Public Notes

9 days ago ● public

Licenserecon

Command: lrc -s
Exit code: 3

en: Versions: licenserecon '11.0'  licensecheck '3.3.9-1'

Parsing Source Tree  ....
Reading d/copyright  ....
Running licensecheck ....

d/copyright      | licensecheck

GPL-2+           | NTP               acinclude.m4
LGPL-2.1+        | GPL-2+ and/or LGPL-2.1+ gavl/bayer.c
GPL-2+           | GPL               gavl.spec.in
GPL-2+ and LGPL-2.1+| GPL-2+ and/or LGPL-2.1+ include/bswap.h
LGPL-2.1+        | GPL-2+ and/or LGPL-2.1+ include/float_cast.h
GPL-2+           | FSFAP             INSTALL
GPL-2+           | NTP               m4/clip_mode.m4

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