Review: libretro-beetle-psx 0.9.38.6+git20260227-1
Package Information
| Description | Libretro wrapper for the Beetle PSX core This wrapper makes Beetle PSX core API compatible with libretro, thus allowing its use with libretro frontends, such as RetroArch. Beetle is a fork of Mednafen for libretro. This core emulates the PlayStation console. PlayStation is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Mednafen/Beetle PSX is not affiliated with or endorsed by any of the companies mentioned. The emulator is for educational and development purposes only and it may not be used to play games you do not legally own. |
|---|---|
| Maintainer | Debian Games Team <pkg-games-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org> |
| Changed By | Sébastien Noel <sebastien@twolife.be> |
| Distribution | unstable |
| Architecture | any |
| VCS | git: https://salsa.debian.org/games-team/libretro-beetle-psx.git (browse) |
| Popcon Installs | 119 |
| Binary NEW | Yes (binary-only upload) |
| Tracker | https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libretro-beetle-psx |
| Uploaded | 3 hours ago |
New Package Report
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| Date | Wed, 04 Mar 2026 13:34:53 +0100 |
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| Source | libretro-beetle-psx |
| Version | 0.9.38.6+git20260227-1 |
| Changed-By | Sébastien Noel |
| Architecture | source amd64 |
| Distribution | unstable |
Changelog
libretro-beetle-psx (0.9.38.6+git20260227-1) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* New upstream GIT snapshot
* Build an OpenGL variant, installed as mednafen_psx_hw_libretro.so
* Build a kodi-game-libretro-beetle-psx package
* Update debian/copyright
* Remove Sérgio Benjamim from uploaders, since he seems to be no longer
active, and add myself..dsc
| Section | games |
|---|---|
| Priority | optional |
| Component | main |
| Package-List | kodi-game-libretro-beetle-psx deb games optional arch=any libretro-beetle-psx deb games optional arch=any |
debian/copyright
Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Upstream-Name: Beetle/Mednafen PSX
Source: https://github.com/libretro/beetle-psx-libretro
Upstream-Contact:
Daniel De Matteis "Twinaphex" <libretro@gmail.com>
http://www.libretro.com/forums/
http://forum.fobby.net/
Files-Excluded:
deps/libchdr
deps/lzma-19.00
deps/mman
deps/wiiu
deps/zlib-1.2.11
deps/zstd
parallel-psx/glsl/prebuilt
parallel-psx/khronos
parallel-psx/SPIRV-Cross
parallel-psx/stb
Comment: This is a fork of Mednafen, the libretro port is not in
upstream yet and the code diverge
Files: *
Copyright: The RetroArch Team
License: GPL-2+
Comment: The RetroArch Team: Hans-Kristian Arntzen "Themaister",
Daniel De Matteis "Twinaphex" and others,
see https://github.com/orgs/libretro/people
Files: kodi-game/*
Copyright: 2017-2025 Team Kodi
License: Expat
Files: mednafen/*
Copyright: 2005-2017 Mednafen Team, Ryphecha
License: GPL-2+
Files:
mednafen/cdrom/CDUtility.*
mednafen/cdrom/lec.*
Copyright: 1998-2002 Andreas Mueller <andreas@daneb.de>
License: GPL-2+
Files:
mednafen/cdrom/edc_crc32.*
mednafen/cdrom/galois.*
mednafen/cdrom/l-ec.*
mednafen/cdrom/recover-raw.*
Copyright: 2004-2007 Carsten Gnoerlich <carsten@dvdisaster.com>
License: GPL-2+
Files: mednafen/tremor/*
Copyright: 1994-2010 Xiph.Org Foundation
Comment: It only works with this Tremor lib, RetroArch Team changed its
API especially for this libretro core.
License: BSD-3-clause-Xiph.Org
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
are met:
.
- Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
.
- 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.
.
- Neither the name of the Xiph.org Foundation 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 THE FOUNDATION
OR CONTRIBUTORS 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.
Files: libretro-common/*
Copyright: The RetroArch Team
License: Expat
Files: libretro-common/rthreads/rsemaphore.c
Copyright: 2005 Allen B. Downey
License: GPL-2+
Files: libretro-common/include/compat/ifaddrs.h
Copyright: 1995, 1999 Berkeley Software Design, Inc.
License: BSD-1-Clause
Files: deps/libkirk/aes.*
Copyright: No copyright is claim
License: public-domain
No copyright is claimed. This code is hereby placed in the public domain.
.
Written by:
* Vincent Rijmen <vincent.rijmen@esat.kuleuven.ac.be>
* Antoon Bosselaers <antoon.bosselaers@esat.kuleuven.ac.be>
* Paulo Barreto <paulo.barreto@terra.com.br>
Files:
deps/libkirk/amctrl.*
deps/libkirk/psp_headers.h
Copyright:
2013 tpu
2015 Hykem <hykem@hotmail.com>
License: GPL-3
Files:
deps/libkirk/key_vault.h
deps/libkirk/kirk_engine.*
Copyright: Draan
License: GPL-3+
Files: deps/libkirk/des.*
Copyright: 2006-2013 Brainspark B.V.
License: GPL-2+
Files:
deps/libkirk/bn.c
deps/libkirk/ec.c
Copyright: 2007-2010 Segher Boessenkool
License: GPL-2
Files:
deps/lightning/*
lightning-lightrec-include/lightning.h
Copyright: 2012-2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License: LGPL-3+
Files:
deps/lightrec/*
lightning-lightrec-include/config.h
lightning-lightrec-include/debug.h
Copyright: 2014-2021 Paul Cercueil
License: LGPL-2.1+
Files: deps/ugui/*
Copyright: 2015 Achim Döbler
License: µGUI
This is a free software that is open for education, research and commercial
developments under license policy of following terms.
.
The µGUI module is a free software and there is NO WARRANTY.
No restriction on use. You can use, modify and redistribute it for
personal, non-profit or commercial products UNDER YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.
Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice.
Files: parallel-psx/*
Copyright:
2016 Tiny Tiger
2017-2018 Hans-Kristian Arntzen
License: Expat
Files: parallel-psx/volk/*
Copyright: 2018 Arseny Kapoulkine
License: Expat
Files: pgxp/*
Copyright: 2016 iCatButler
License: GPL-2+
Files: debian/*
Copyright:
2014-2015 Sergio Benjamim (sergio-br2) <sergio_br2@yahoo.com.br>
2026 Sébastien Noel <sebastien@twolife.be>
License: GPL-2+
Files: debian/libretro-beetle-psx.metainfo.xml
Copyright: 2019 Alexander Mikhaylenko
License: CC0-1.0
Files: debian/mednafen_psx.libretro
Copyright: 2017 Adrien Plazas
License: GPL-3+
Comment: This file was copied from
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-games/tree/libretro/
License: BSD-1-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.
.
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY Berkeley Software Design, Inc. "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 Berkeley Software Design, Inc. 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: CC0-1.0
To the extent possible under law, the author(s) have dedicated all copyright
and related and neighboring rights to this software to the public domain
worldwide. This software is distributed without any warranty.
.
You should have received a copy of the CC0 Public Domain Dedication along with
this software. If not, see <http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/>.
.
On Debian systems, the full text of the CC0 1.0 Universal license can be found
in the file `/usr/share/common-licenses/CC0-1.0'.
License: Expat
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
.
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
THE SOFTWARE.
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, v2, as
published by the Free Software Foundation
.
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.
.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public
License version 2 can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/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.
.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License
version 2 can be found in '/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'.
License: GPL-3
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, v3, as
published by the Free Software Foundation
.
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.
.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public
License version 3 can be found in `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3'.
License: GPL-3+
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 3 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.
.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License
version 3 can be found in '/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3'.
License: LGPL-2.1+
This program 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, 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU Lesser General Public
License version 2.1 can be found in ‘/usr/share/common-licenses/LGPL-2.1’.
License: LGPL-3+
This package 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 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
.
This package 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.
.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU Lesser General
Public License can be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/LGPL-3".
Review Information
rejected — allocated to mechtilde 2 hours ago, started 2 hours ago, completed 1 hour ago.
Final Comment
Hello Sébastien,
Unfortunately, I cannot accept this package.
It contains files under different incompatible licenses.
These are:
deps/libkirk/bn.c
deps/libkirk/ec.c
Copyright: 2007-2010 Segher Boessenkool
License: GPL-2
The license GPL-2 (only) is not compliant with GPL-3 or GPL-3+.
Can you exclude these files from the package (*.orig.tar.gz)?
In addition, you can input the secure URLs in d/copyright for:
debian/copyright:210: URL: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
debian/copyright:6: URL: http://www.libretro.com/forums/
debian/copyright:7: URL: http://forum.fobby.net/
Thanks
Public Notes
duck - check URL redirections
Command: duck
Exit code: 0
I: debian/copyright:210: URL: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/: INFORMATION (Certainty:possible)
URL schema changed from HTTP to HTTPS during redirect(s): http://creativecommons.org -> https://creativecommons.org
Please investigate and update the URL eventually, to avoid unnecessary redirects!
I: debian/copyright:6: URL: http://www.libretro.com/forums/: INFORMATION (Certainty:possible)
URL schema changed from HTTP to HTTPS during redirect(s): http://www.libretro.com -> https://forums.libretro.com
Please investigate and update the URL eventually, to avoid unnecessary redirects!
I: debian/copyright:7: URL: http://forum.fobby.net/: INFORMATION (Certainty:possible)
URL schema changed from HTTP to HTTPS during redirect(s): http://forum.fobby.net -> https://forum.fobby.net
Please investigate and update the URL eventually, to avoid unnecessary redirects!