Debian NEW review of mumps 5.9.0-1exp1: ACCEPTED

awm at debian.org awm at debian.org
Mon May 4 11:57:38 BST 2026


The Debian NEW review of mumps 5.9.0-1exp1 has been completed.

Decision: ACCEPTED
Reviewer: Andrew McMillan

Review comment:

Hi,

This is already a package in Debian, and has been for some time, however the
license used here (i.e. "CeCILL-C") is *not* compatible with the Debian Free
Software Guidelines, as explained in the detailed note on the review.

I recommend discussing this with upstream, to see if licensing can be done
with a different license (e.g. LGPL-2+) or if a newer version of CeCILL-C
can be written to address the issues with the license (as was done with the
CeCILL license).

The final alternative, of course, is to move the package to non-free, but 
let's hope that doesn't have to happen!

For now, I have accepted the package, on the basis that it is already in
Debian, and we don't want to disrupt things for what could be a protracted
exercise.

Thanks!

Full review details: https://dfsg-new-queue.debian.org/reviews/mumps



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