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Review: moltemplate 2.22.4-1

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Changed-ByDrew Parsons
Architecturesource all
Distributionunstable
DateTue, 21 Oct 2025 23:03:43 +0200
Sourcemoltemplate
Version2.22.4-1
.dsc
Sectiondoc
Priorityoptional
Componentmain
Package-Listmoltemplate-doc deb doc optional arch=all
python3-moltemplate deb science optional arch=all
debian/copyright
Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Source: https://github.com/jewettaij/moltemplate
Upstream-Name: moltemplate
Upstream-Contact: Andrew Jewett <jewett.aij@gmail.com>

Files:
 *
Copyright:
 2013, Andrew Jewett <jewett.aij@gmail.com>,
 University of California Santa Barbara
License: MIT

Files:
 debian/*
Copyright:
 2025 Drew Parsons <dparsons@debian.org>
License: MIT

License: MIT
 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.

Review Information

rejected — allocated to awm 1 month, 5 days ago, started 1 month, 5 days ago, completed 1 month, 4 days ago.

Final Comment

The file moltemplate/nbody_by_type_lib.py is licensed under the BSD 3-Clause license - please correct debian/copyright to reflect this.

While you're at it, perhaps change the references to 'MIT' to be 'Expat' (there are several 'MIT' licenses, one of which is commonly also known as 'Expat', and it's the one in use here).

See full notes in link.

Thanks!

Other Reviews of this Package

VersionHashAllocatedCompletedReviewerStatusDetails
2.22.4-2 02f92807… 2026-02-13 02:29 2026-02-13 02:32 awm accepted VIEW

Public Notes

1 month, 5 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

MIT              | BSD-3-clause      moltemplate/nbody_by_type_lib.py

Short option in use. Not all differences shown

1 month, 4 days ago ● public

CME fix

Command: cme fix --verbose dpkg
Exit code: 0


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cme: running fix on dpkg configuration...
Connecting to api.ftp-master.debian.org to check 1 package versions. Please wait...
Got info from api.ftp-master.debian.org for 1 packages.
Warning in 'control source Standards-Version': Current standards version is '4.7.3'. Please read https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.html for the changes that may be needed on your package
to upgrade it from standard version '4.7.2' to '4.7.3'.

Offending value: '4.7.2'
Warning in 'copyright Files:"[...]" License short_name': There are many versions of the MIT license. Please use Expat instead, when it matches. See L<Debian copyright format|https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/#license-specification> and L<wikipedia|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License#Various_versions>for details.
Offending value: 'MIT'
Warning in 'copyright Files:"[...]" License short_name': There are many versions of the MIT license. Please use Expat instead, when it matches. See L<Debian copyright format|https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/#license-specification> and L<wikipedia|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License#Various_versions>for details.
Offending value: 'MIT'
License Expat is not used in Files: section
License Expat is not used in Files: section
License Expat is not used in Files: section

Changes applied to dpkg configuration:
- control source Standards-Version: '4.7.2' -> '4.7.3' # applied fix for :Current standards version is '4.7.3'. Please read https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.html for the changes that may be needed on your package
to upgrade it from standard version '4.7.2' to '4.7.3'.

- copyright License:Expat text: 'The MIT License  Permission is hereby granted, free of charg[...]' -> 'Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person [...]'
- copyright License: rename key from 'MIT' to 'Expat'
- copyright Files:"
*" License short_name: 'MIT' -> 'Expat' # applied fix for :There are many versions of the MIT license. Please use Expat instead, when it matches. See L<Debian copyright format|https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/#license-specification> and L<wikipedia|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License#Various_versions>for details.
- copyright Files:"
debian/*" License short_name: 'MIT' -> 'Expat' # applied fix for :There are many versions of the MIT license. Please use Expat instead, when it matches. See L<Debian copyright format|https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/#license-specification> and L<wikipedia|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License#Various_versions>for details.

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