Package: python3-chardet Version: 7.0.0 It appears that the original LGPL upstream chardet repository [1] has been wholly replaced by an LLM-generated derivative work labelled with a conflicting, and possibly illegal, MIT license.
If the original source cannot be located and the upstream for Debian changed to a legal source, this package may need to be removed from the Debian archive for licensing / legal reasons. While I do not claim to fully understand copyright law in this area, I will mention that the LLM used has, in all likelihood, incorporated parts of my own GPL and LGPL source code, available publicly, into the codebase in question, and that this in and of itself may be a copyright violation as I did not license my code under the MIT. As many other authors may have an equal copyright claim to the LLM training data set, and, therefore, to its output in this instance, this represents an unwarranted legal risk for Debian and more importantly for Debian's user base. Quite apart from the above concerns, the current code quality is poor, and the current version of chardet fails its own test suites. It is paramount no upgrade be made to the Debian version until these issues are settled, potentially in relevant court proceedings regarding the associated copyright law. [1] https://github.com/chardet/chardet [2] https://github.com/chardet/chardet/issues/331
