On 19.06.19 23:09, Chris Lamb wrote: > > Forwarding notes from ftptrainee: > >> REJECT >> >> There are some issues with the d/copyright file. >> >> The file doc/chicago.bst is not included in the upload, but the >> license given for that file in d/copyright cannot be valid. If you >> look at the source code for named.bst, it says >> >> Copying of this file is authorized only if either >> (1) you make absolutely no changes to your copy, including name, or >> (2) if you do make changes, you name it something other than >> btxbst.doc, plain.bst, unsrt.bst, alpha.bst, and abbrv.bst. >> This restriction helps ensure that all standard styles are identical. >> >> Since chicago.bst is apparently a modification of named.bst, these >> other file names which are not permitted need to be included in the >> license for chicago.bst. plain.bst also has a list of names that >> cannot be used. This is upstream's error, but I'm not really happy >> about Debian propagating the error by distributing this d/copyright >> file, even though we're not distributing the file chicago.bst. >> >> I also noticed, while reviewing d/copyright, that `Licence: MIT` >> should be `License: Expat`,
why Expat? Every source file mentions "Use of this software is governed by the MIT license" and README has "isl is released under the MIT license".
