Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Upstream-Name: llama.cpp
Upstream-Contact:
Source: https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp
Files-Excluded: examples/llama.android/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
ggml/CMakeLists.txt
ggml/include
ggml/src
models
Comment:
We remove all of the embedded ggml except for ggml/cmake, which contains
functionality needed by the llama.cpp build.
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DFSG compliance
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We remove all of the model-related files, as some where generated from
external sources, such as huggingface data.
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We remove some pre-built files of the Web UI, as well as of the Android
sources.
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False positives
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The following files contain the string "copyright", but these aren't
assertions, just part of documentation or output or other:
- docs/backend/CUDA-FEDORA.md
- examples/retrieval/README.md
- scripts/apple/validate-macos.sh
Files: *
Copyright: 2023-2026, The ggml authors
License: Expat
Files: common/base64.hpp
Copyright: Placed in the public domain
License: public-domain-1
Files: gguf-py/*
Copyright: 2023 Georgi Gerganov
License: Expat
Files: examples/gguf-hash/deps/xxhash/xxhash.*
Copyright: 2012-2023, Yann Collet
License: BSD-2-clause
Files: examples/llama.android/gradlew
Copyright: 2015, the original authors
License: Apache-2.0
Comment: The "original authors" seem to refer to the Gradle project, where this
script seems to originate from. See:
https://github.com/gradle/gradle/blob/master/gradlew
Files: tools/mtmd/legacy-models/minicpmv-convert-image-encoder-to-gguf.py
Copyright: 2024, Google AI and The HuggingFace Team
License: Apache-2.0
Files: vendor/nlohmann/*
Copyright: 2009, Florian Loitsch
2008-2009 Bjoern Hoehrmann
2013-2025, Niels Lohmann
2016-2021, Even Nemerson
2017, The Abseil authors
License: Expat and Apache-2.0
Comment: The copyright year for the code by the Abseil authors is not mentioned
in the code. I have retrieved it from the upstream repository referenced in
the code comment.
Files: vendor/stb/*
Copyright: Placed in the public domain
Alternatively: 2017, Sean Barrett
License: public-domain-2 or Expat
Comment:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This software is available under 2 licenses -- choose whichever you prefer.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ALTERNATIVE A - MIT License
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ALTERNATIVE B - Public Domain (www.unlicense.org)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Files: vendor/cpp-httplib/*
Copyright: 2026 Yuji Hirose
License: Expat
Files: vendor/miniaudio/*
Copyright: 2026, David Reid
License: public-domain-2 or MIT-no-attribution
Comment:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This software is available under 2 licenses -- choose whichever you prefer.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ALTERNATIVE A - Public Domain (www.unlicense.org)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ALTERNATIVE B - MIT No Attribution
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Files: vendor/sheredom/subprocess.h
Copyright: Placed in the public domain
License: public-domain-2
Files: debian/*
Copyright: 2024-2026 Christian Kastner
2025-2026 Mathieu Baudier
License: Expat
Files: debian/simplechat-legacy-ui/*
Copyright: 2023-2026, The ggml authors
License: Expat
Comment:
Upstream removed these themes in b8708. We have re-added copies of these
under debian/legacy-themes because we need at least one DFSG-compliant
theme for the server.
License: Expat
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domain. We make this dedication for the benefit of the public at large and to
the detriment of our heirs and successors. We intend this dedication to be an
overt act of relinquishment in perpetuity of all present and future rights to
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IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
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ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
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Comment: For more information, please refer to