#1145668 pbzip2: debian/copyright license information wrong

Package:
pbzip2
Source:
pbzip2
Description:
parallel bzip2 implementation
Submitter:
Schwarz, Konrad
Date:
2026-08-26 13:53:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1145668#5
Date:
2026-08-26 13:49:50 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

Pbzip2's ./debian/copyright file incorrectly states that pbzip2 is licensed under BSD-4-Clause.

The actual license is found in ./COPYING. Although this license also has 4 numbered clauses,
it is not BSD-4-Clause but a variant of the bzip2-1.0.6 license with SPDX identifier "bzip2-1.0.6", see
<https://spdx.org/licenses/bzip2-1.0.6.html>.

./Debian/copyright additionally states that files ./Debian/* are BSD-4-Clause.  Perhaps the
maintainers could be convinced to re-license their changes under "pbzip2-1.1.13", as
BSD-4-Clause has an acknowledgement obligation onerous in commercial
settings.

Please find below a corrected ./debian/copyright: