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Review: zint 2.16.0-2

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Descriptioncommand line utility to encode data in barcode symbols

Zint is a barcode encoding and image generating library. It currently features support for over 50 symbologies including Australian Post 4-state codes (redirect, reply-paid, routing, standard customer), Aztec Code (ISO 24778), Aztec Runes, Channel code, Codabar, Code 11, Code 128 (ISO 15417), Code 16k, Code 2 of 5 (Data Logic, IATA, Industrial, Interleaved, Matrix), Code 32 (Italian Pharmacode), Code 39 (ISO 16388), Code 39 Extended, Code 49, Code 93, Code One, Databar (Expanded, Expanded Stacked, Limited, Stacked Omnidirectional), Data Matrix (ISO 16022), Deutsche Post (Identicode, Leitcode), Dutch Post KIX, EAN-14, European Article Number (EAN), Facing Identification Mark (FIM), Flattermarken, Grid Matrix, ITF-14, International Standard Book Number (ISBN), Japanese Postal Barcode, Korean Postal Barcode, LOGMARS, Maxicode (ISO 16023), MicroPDF417 (ISO 24728), Micro QR Code, MSI Plessey, NVE-18, PDF417 (ISO 15438), Pharmacode (2-track, Zentralnummer (PZN)), PLANET, Postnet, QR Code (ISO 18004), Royal Mail 4-state Barcode, Telepen, Telepen Numeric, UK Plessey, Universal Product Code (UPC-A, UPC-E), USPS Intelligent Mail as well as HIBC.

Also included are Unicode translation for symbologies which support Latin-1 and Kanji character sets, full GS1 data support including verification and automated insertion of FNC1 characters and support for encoding binary data including NULL (ASCII 0) characters.

This package contains Zint Barcode Generator (command-line utility).

MaintainerDmitry Smirnov <onlyjob@debian.org>
Changed ByJakob Haufe <sur5r@debian.org>
Sponsorsur5r@debian.org
Distributionunstable
Architectureany
VCSgit: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/zint.git (browse)
Popcon Installs446
Binary NEWYes (binary-only upload)
Trackerhttps://tracker.debian.org/pkg/zint
Uploaded2 days ago

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.changes
Version2.16.0-2
Changed-ByJakob Haufe
Architecturesource amd64
Distributionunstable
DateFri, 15 May 2026 15:46:05 +0200
Sourcezint
Changelog
zint (2.16.0-2) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * Update d/copyright
.dsc
Priorityoptional
Componentmain
Package-Listlibzint-dev deb libdevel optional arch=any
libzint2.16 deb libs optional arch=any
zint deb graphics optional arch=any
zint-qt deb graphics optional arch=any
Sectionlibdevel
debian/copyright
Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Upstream-Name: Zint Barcode Generator
Upstream-Contact: Robin Stuart <rstuart114@gmail.com>
Source: https://sourceforge.net/projects/zint/

Files: *
Copyright:
    2002-2005 ActiveState Corporation
    1999-2000 Ajuba Solutions
    2008      BogDan Vatra <bogdan@licentia.eu>
    2007      Free Software Foundation, Inc. <http://fsf.org/>
    2002      Jon Friffiths
    2016      Sebastian Lackner
    2006-2017 Kentaro Fukuchi <kentaro@fukuchi.org>
    2006-2018 Robin Stuart and others.
    2008-2025 Robin Stuart <rstuart114@gmail.com>
License: GPL-3+

Files:
    backend/*
    backend_tcl/*
Copyright:
    2004      (Grandzebu)
    1997      AIM
    2004      Adrian Kennard, Andrews & Arnold Ltd
    2024      Antoine Merino <antoine.merino.dev@gmail.com>
    2017      Ashok P. Nadkarni
    2004      Cliff Hones
    2001-2003 David Gravereaux
    2004      Grandzebu
    2016      Harald Oehlmann
    2014      Harald Oehlmann <oehhar@users.sourceforge.net>
    1999-2020 ImageMagick Studio LLC
    2006      Kentaro Fukuchi <fukuchi@megaui.net>
    2006-2017 Kentaro Fukuchi <kentaro@fukuchi.org>
    2003-2008 Pat Thoyts
    2007-2025 Robin Stuart <rstuart114@gmail.com>
    1988-1997 Sam Leffler
    1999      Scriptics  Corporation
    1991-1997 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
    2006      Stefan Schmidt <stefan@datenfreihafen.org>
    2004-2019 Terry Burton
    2009      U.S. Postal Service
    2006      United States Postal Service
    2016      Zoe Stuart
License: BSD-3-Clause
Comment:
 Files
   backend/composite.c
   backend/rss.c
   backend/tools/gen_pwr928_table.php
 have the following paragraph of legalese:
   The functions "getBit", "init928" and "encode928" are copyright BSI and are
   released with permission under the following terms:
   .
   "Copyright subsists in all BSI publications. BSI also holds the copyright, in the
   UK, of the international standardisation bodies. Except as
   permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 no extract may be
   reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any
   means - electronic, photocopying, recording or otherwise - without prior written
   permission from BSI.
   .
   "This does not preclude the free use, in the course of implementing the standard,
   of necessary details such as symbols, and size, type or grade designations. If these
   details are to be used for any other purpose than implementation then the prior
   written permission of BSI must be obtained."
   .
   The date of publication for these functions is 31 May 2006

Files:
    backend/fonts/normal_ttf.h
    backend/fonts/normal_woff2.h
Copyright:
    2013 Steve Matteson
License: Apache-2.0 or BSD-3-clause

Files:
    backend/fonts/upcean_ttf.h
    backend/fonts/upcean_woff2.h
Copyright:
    2011 Matthew Skala
License: BSD3-3-clause or Metafont-deriv
 You may freely use, modify, and/or distribute any of these files or the
 resulting fonts, without limitation.

Files:
    backend/common.c
Copyright:
    2008-2009 Bjoern Hoehrmann <bjoern@hoehrmann.de>
    2008-2017 Robin Stuart <rstuart114@gmail.com>
License: BSD-3-Clause

Files:
    backend/gridmtx.c
Copyright:
    2009-2017 Robin Stuart <rstuart114@gmail.com>
              Project Nayuki
License: BSD-3-Clause

Files:
    backend_tcl/configure
Copyright:
    1992-2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License: FSFUL

Files:
    backend/tests/fuzz/Dockerfile
    backend/tests/fuzz/build.sh
Copyright:
    2024 Google LLC
License: Apache-2.0

Files:
    backend/tests/testcommon.c
    backend/tests/testcommon.h
Copyright:
    2006-2017 Kentaro Fukuchi <kentaro@fukuchi.org>
    2019-2025 Robin Stuart <rstuart114@gmail.com>
License: BSD-3-Clause or LGPL-2.1+

Files:
    getopt/*
Copyright:
    1987-2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc
License: GPL-2+

Files:
    backend_tcl/tclconfig/install-sh
Copyright:
    1994      X Consortium
License: X11

Files:
    backend/tools/data/*
Copyright:
    2015-2022 Unicode®, Inc
License: Unicode-ToU
Comment:
 backend/tools/data/BIG5.TXT incorporated into backend/big5.h ?
 backend/tools/data/SHIFTJIS.TXT incorporated into backend/sjis.h ?

Files:
    backend/tools/data/GB2312.TXT*
Copyright:
    1991-1999 Unicode, Inc
License: Unicode-data
Comment:
    backend/tools/data/KSX1001.TXT incorporated into backend/ksx1001.h ?

Files:
    backend/fonts/OCRB-16.bdf
    backend/fonts/OCRB-18.bdf
Copyright:
    2011 Matthew Skala
License: METAFONT-permissive
 As far as the digitization in METAFONT input which I have developed, you
 may freely use, modify, and/or distribute any of these files or the
 resulting fonts, without limitation.
Comment:
 (Information from "backend/font.h", citing README from
  "http://mirrors.ctan.org/fonts/ocr-b.zip").

Files:
    docs/lua-crossrefs/lua-crossrefs.lua
Copyright:
    2025 R. N. West
License: GPL-2+

Files:
    frontend_qt/res/LICENSE_feathericons
    frontend_qt/res/copy.svg
    frontend_qt/res/download.svg
    frontend_qt/res/help-circle.svg
    frontend_qt/res/menu.svg
    frontend_qt/res/x.svg
Copyright:
    2013-2017 Cole Bemis
License: MIT

Files:
    frontend_qt/res/LICENSE_lucide
    frontend_qt/res/scaling.svg
Copyright:
    2013-2022 Cole Bemis
License: ISC

Files:
    frontend/tests/test_args.c
    tools/update_version.php
Copyright:
    2020-2025 Robin Stuart <rstuart114@gmail.com>
License: BSD-3-Clause

Files: debian/*
Copyright:
    2013-2025 Dmitry Smirnov <onlyjob@debian.org>
License: GPL-3+

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