Bug#1012581: Warn when copyright contains license MIT instead of more specific Expat or X11

[Ben Westover]

Package: lintian
X-Debbugs-Cc: kwestover...@gmail.com
Version: 2.114.0
Severity: wishlist
Tags: upstream

Dear maintainer,



Regards,
--
Ben Westover

System Information:
Debian Release: bookworm/sid
   APT prefers unstable
   APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: arm64 (aarch64)

Kernel: Linux 5.17.0-3-arm64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads)

Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages lintian depends on:
ii  binutils                        2.38-4
ii  bzip2                           1.0.8-5
ii  diffstat                        1.64-1
ii  dpkg                            1.21.8
ii  dpkg-dev                        1.21.8
ii  file                            1:5.41-4
ii  gettext                         0.21-6
ii  gpg                             2.2.35-2
ii  intltool-debian                 0.35.0+20060710.5
ii  libapt-pkg-perl                 0.1.40+b1
ii  libarchive-zip-perl             1.68-1
ii  libcapture-tiny-perl            0.48-1
ii  libclass-xsaccessor-perl        1.19-3+b8
ii  libclone-perl                   0.45-1+b2
ii  libconfig-tiny-perl             2.28-1
ii  libconst-fast-perl              0.014-1.1
ii  libcpanel-json-xs-perl          4.29-1
ii  libdata-dpath-perl              0.58-1
ii  libdata-validate-domain-perl    0.10-1.1
ii  libdata-validate-uri-perl       0.07-2
ii  libdevel-size-perl              0.83-1+b3
pn  libdigest-sha-perl              <none>
ii  libdpkg-perl                    1.21.8
ii  libemail-address-xs-perl        1.04-1+b4
ii  libfile-basedir-perl            0.09-1
ii  libfile-find-rule-perl          0.34-1
ii  libfont-ttf-perl                1.06-1.1
ii  libhtml-html5-entities-perl     0.004-1.1
ii  libio-interactive-perl          1.023-1
ii  libio-prompt-tiny-perl          0.003-1
ii  libipc-run3-perl                0.048-2
ii  libjson-maybexs-perl            1.004003-1
ii  liblist-compare-perl            0.55-1
ii  liblist-someutils-perl          0.58-1
ii  liblist-utilsby-perl            0.12-1
ii  libmoo-perl                     2.005004-3
ii  libmoox-aliases-perl            0.001006-2
ii  libnamespace-clean-perl         0.27-1
ii  libpath-tiny-perl               0.122-1
ii  libperlio-gzip-perl             0.19-1+b8
ii  libperlio-utf8-strict-perl      0.009-1+b1
ii  libproc-processtable-perl       0.634-1+b1
ii  libsereal-decoder-perl          4.023+ds-1
ii  libsereal-encoder-perl          4.023+ds-1
ii  libsort-versions-perl           1.62-1
ii  libsyntax-keyword-try-perl      0.27-1
ii  libterm-readkey-perl            2.38-1+b3
ii  libtext-glob-perl               0.11-2
ii  libtext-levenshteinxs-perl      0.03-4+b9
ii  libtext-markdown-discount-perl  0.13-1+b1
ii  libtext-xslate-perl             3.5.9-1+b1
ii  libtime-duration-perl           1.21-1
ii  libtime-moment-perl             0.44-1+b4
ii  libtimedate-perl                2.3300-2
ii  libunicode-utf8-perl            0.62-1+b3
ii  liburi-perl                     5.10-1
ii  libxml-libxml-perl              2.0207+dfsg+really+2.0134-1
ii  libyaml-libyaml-perl            0.83+ds-1+b1
ii  lzip                            1.23-3
ii  lzop                            1.04-2
ii  man-db                          2.10.2-1
ii  patchutils                      0.4.2-1
ii  perl [libencode-perl]           5.34.0-4
ii  t1utils                         1.41-4
ii  unzip                           6.0-26
ii  xz-utils                        5.2.5-2.1

lintian recommends no packages.

Versions of packages lintian suggests:
pn  binutils-multiarch     <none>
pn  libtext-template-perl  <none>

-- no debconf information

Many packages' copyright files use the license name MIT, even though that's a name used for two slightly different licenses, Expat and X11. Lintian should warn maintainers who use this broad term instead of the specific license (Expat or X11) that the software actually uses. Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set

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