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Review: open-vmdk 0.3.12-1

Package Information

DescriptionAssistant tool for creating Open Virtual Appliances (OVA)

Open VMDK helps create OVAs, which are tar archives containing an OVF descriptor (.ovf), one or more virtual machine disk images (.vmdk), and a manifest file (.mf).

MaintainerMégane Vilain <megane.vilain@gmail.com>
Changed ByMégane Vilain <megane.vilain@gmail.com>
Sponsorjcfp@debian.org
Distributionunstable
Architectureany
VCSgit: https://salsa.debian.org/megane.vilain/open-vmdk.git (browse)
Closes#1042360
Trackerhttps://tracker.debian.org/pkg/open-vmdk
Uploaded1 day ago

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.changes
Changed-ByMégane Vilain
Architecturesource amd64
Distributionunstable
DateWed, 10 Sep 2025 21:02:22 +0200
Sourceopen-vmdk
Version0.3.12-1
.dsc
Priorityoptional
Componentmain
Package-Listopen-vmdk deb utils optional arch=any
Sectionutils
debian/copyright
Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Source: https://github.com/vmware/open-vmdk
Upstream-Name: open-vmdk
Upstream-Contact: VMware, Inc. <support@vmware.com>

Files:
 *
Copyright: 2011-2023 VMware, Inc.
License: Apache-2.0
Comment: Upstream headers vary; copyright years shown may not match file headers exactly.

Files:
 pytest/conftest.py
 pytest/test_envelope_configs.py
 pytest/test_options.py
 pytest/test_raw_image_option.py
 pytest/test_all_configs.py
Copyright: 2024 Broadcom, Inc.
License: Apache-2.0

Files:
 pytest/test_info_options.py
 pytest/test_vmdk.py
Copyright: 2025 Broadcom, Inc.
License: Apache-2.0

Files: ovfenv/ovfenv
Copyright: 2011 VMware, Inc.
License: Expat


Files:
 debian/*
Copyright:
 2025 Mégane Vilain <megane.vilain@gmail.com>
License: Apache-2.0
Comment:
 On Debian systems, the complete text of the Apache version 2.0 license
 can be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/Apache-2.0".

License: Apache-2.0
 On Debian systems, the complete text of the Apache version 2.0 license
 can be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/Apache-2.0".

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.

Review Information

rejected — allocated to siretart 6 days ago, started 6 days ago, completed 6 days ago.

Final Comment

ovfenv/ovfenv is licensed MIT (Expat), not Apache-2.0 as claimed in debian/copyright.

Add a stanza like this:

Files: ovfenv/ovfenv
Copyright: 2011 VMware, Inc.
License: Expat

And include the Expat license text.

Please reupload once corrected.

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