diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index ba3ee60..d1ace50 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ Read in this order and stop as soon as you have what you need:
the workflow, the environment), `docs/FINDINGS.md` (the evidence behind each
invariant), `docs/TESTING.md`, `docs/DEPLOYMENT.md`,
`docs/TROUBLESHOOTING.md`, `docs/GPU_PATH_CRITERIA.md` (the acceptance
- criteria for the Vulkan route), `docs/PHASE_LOG.md` (append-only run logs).
+ criteria for the Vulkan route), `docs/PHASE_LOG.md` (append-only run logs),
+ `docs/RELEASING.md` (what a release carries and the order of its steps).
Never read a long log end to end to answer a status question: `docs/ACTIVE.md`
and each log's own summary say what passed.
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+ IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING
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+PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS),
+EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
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+
+ 17. Interpretation of Sections 15 and 16.
+
+ If the disclaimer of warranty and limitation of liability provided
+above cannot be given local legal effect according to their terms,
+reviewing courts shall apply local law that most closely approximates
+an absolute waiver of all civil liability in connection with the
+Program, unless a warranty or assumption of liability accompanies a
+copy of the Program in return for a fee.
+
+ END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS
+
+ How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs
+
+ If you develop a new program, and you want it to be of the greatest
+possible use to the public, the best way to achieve this is to make it
+free software which everyone can redistribute and change under these terms.
+
+ To do so, attach the following notices to the program. It is safest
+to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
+state the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
+the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
+
+
+ Copyright (C)
+
+ This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program. If not, see .
+
+Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
+
+ If the program does terminal interaction, make it output a short
+notice like this when it starts in an interactive mode:
+
+ Copyright (C)
+ This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
+ This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
+ under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
+
+The hypothetical commands `show w' and `show c' should show the appropriate
+parts of the General Public License. Of course, your program's commands
+might be different; for a GUI interface, you would use an "about box".
+
+ You should also get your employer (if you work as a programmer) or school,
+if any, to sign a "copyright disclaimer" for the program, if necessary.
+For more information on this, and how to apply and follow the GNU GPL, see
+.
+
+ The GNU General Public License does not permit incorporating your program
+into proprietary programs. If your program is a subroutine library, you
+may consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with
+the library. If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Lesser General
+Public License instead of this License. But first, please read
+.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9b228e7..42dcf69 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ assets and can be removed. Keep the normal development logs when reporting bugs.
| [Troubleshooting](docs/TROUBLESHOOTING.md) | Recorded symptoms, causes and fixes |
| [Findings](docs/FINDINGS.md) | Technical observations and evidence behind decisions |
| [Phase log](docs/PHASE_LOG.md) | Dated development and console-test history |
+| [Releasing](docs/RELEASING.md) | What a release carries (licences, component manifest, source archives) and the order that keeps tag, ZIP and source in step; [what each past release was built from](docs/releases/SOURCE_CORRESPONDENCE.md) |
| [Evidence](evidence/) | Machine-readable captures and expected results |
| [Contributor/agent instructions](AGENTS.md) | Scope, verification, attribution and commit rules |
@@ -376,16 +377,36 @@ lists and original notices.
## License and third-party terms
-Port-authored code uses **GPL-3.0-or-later**, with copyright and SPDX notices in
-the source files. RetroArch and each dependency retain their own license and
-copyright notices. The locally generated runtime shim is described in
-[runtime/README.md](runtime/README.md).
+This repository's own code is **GPL-3.0-or-later** ([LICENSE](LICENSE)). Most source
+files carry a copyright and SPDX notice; the ones that do not (for example
+`src/memory_ps5.cpp` and the build scripts in `tools/`) are under the same licence.
+Code inherited from BlackBearReloaded's ps5-native-app-boilerplate and ProsperoLight
+is Copyright (C) 2026 BlackBearReloaded, GPL-3.0-or-later. The generated
+`sce_module/libc.prx` is described in [runtime/README.md](runtime/README.md).
-Emulator cores are not all GPL-3.0: FCEUmm uses GPLv2, PPSSPP and Dolphin use
-GPLv2-or-later, LRPS2 is GPLv3, mGBA uses MPL-2.0, and Snes9x, FBNeo and
-Genesis Plus GX include non-commercial terms. Consult each
-linked upstream repository for the complete applicable terms. Asset and font
-licenses are retained with their files.
+Every built title folder carries `licenses/`: the licence texts each part requires,
+and `components.json`, which ties every executable file to the source revision it
+was built from ([tooling/notices/components.json](tooling/notices/components.json),
+[docs/RELEASING.md](docs/RELEASING.md)). Releases up to v0.5.0-alpha.5 were
+published without it; [docs/releases/SOURCE_CORRESPONDENCE.md](docs/releases/SOURCE_CORRESPONDENCE.md)
+records what each was built from.
+
+The cores keep their own licences, and they differ:
+
+| Licence | Cores |
+| --- | --- |
+| GPL-2.0-or-later | FCEUmm, PPSSPP, Dolphin, Beetle PSX HW, Beetle Saturn, Mupen64Plus-Next (with MIT and LGPL parts), VICE, DeSmuME, Azahar (Dynarmic is 0BSD), MAME (as a whole; many files BSD-3-Clause) |
+| GPL-3.0-or-later | LRPS2 (PCSX2) |
+| GPL-2.0-only | RPCS3, in development here and in no release |
+| MPL-2.0 | mGBA |
+| Non-commercial licences | Snes9x, FinalBurn Neo, Genesis Plus GX: they may not be sold or used commercially, and FBNeo's forbids asking for donations for a project that uses its code |
+
+Assets and fonts keep their licences too: the XMB theme is CC-BY-4.0 with the M+
+font licence, PPSSPP's fonts are OFL-1.1, and Dolphin's `Sys` files carry theirs.
This is an independent homebrew project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Sony
-Interactive Entertainment. PlayStation and PS5 are Sony trademarks.
+Interactive Entertainment, the Khronos Group or the libretro project. PlayStation
+and PS5 are Sony trademarks. Vulkan is a registered trademark of the Khronos Group
+Inc.; the RADV port this title uses is not a Khronos-conformant product (see
+[PS5_Vulkan](https://github.com/mihawk-99/PS5_Vulkan)). RetroArch is the libretro
+project's name and logo, used here to name the frontend this port is built from.
diff --git a/docs/PHASE_LOG.md b/docs/PHASE_LOG.md
index e5117a4..74f1813 100644
--- a/docs/PHASE_LOG.md
+++ b/docs/PHASE_LOG.md
@@ -4476,3 +4476,39 @@ Earlier" card. Two things were needed:
A 4K screenshot costs a run its last windows: RetroArch encodes and writes
it after the last frame (5.5-5.8 MB of PNG, held to the title's write budget),
and the core does not run meanwhile, so the windows then read 0-70%.
+
+## 2026-09-29 — Licences, notices and source for every build (licence audit)
+
+A licence audit of the published releases found that none of the five ZIPs
+carries the licence texts its parts require (GPLv3, GPLv2, MPL-2.0, the Snes9x,
+FBNeo and Genesis Plus GX licences, MIT notices, OFL for PPSSPP's fonts), and that
+the tags of v0.1.0-alpha.1, v0.3.0-alpha.3 and v0.5.0-alpha.5 name commits older
+than the ones built (docs/releases/SOURCE_CORRESPONDENCE.md). This step changes
+what every build produces; the published ZIPs are unchanged.
+
+- `tooling/notices/components.json`: every part of the title, its licence, the
+ texts that travel with it and where its source is.
+- `tools/stage-notices.py`, run by `tools/build-title.sh` before the manifest:
+ writes `licenses/` into the title folder (texts, `components.json` tying every
+ executable to its source revision, `README.txt`). A core whose digest is not the
+ one its `build/cores//build.json` records, or a missing licence text,
+ fails the build.
+- `tools/check-notices.py`, in the integration gate: every executable and `.info`
+ belongs to a listed part with its digest; verbatim texts unchanged; `--release`
+ also requires committed, published source.
+- `tools/source-bundle.py`: one source archive per part at the recorded revision,
+ submodules included, with `SHA256SUMS` and `SOURCES.txt`.
+- `LICENSE` (GPLv3), `docs/RELEASING.md`, README licence and trademark sections,
+ `docs/RPCS3_PORT.md` licence section (RPCS3 stays out of releases), and
+ `runtime/README.md` (what libc.prx contains, as verified).
+
+Evidence: `python3 tools/stage-notices.py` on a copy of the 2026-09-29 16-core
+`dist/PPSA99169`: 28 parts, every core's digest equal to its build report, the
+RADV archive equal to its PROVENANCE; `tools/check-notices.py` passes on it and
+`--release` fails on the uncommitted tree, as it should. `tools/source-bundle.py`
+built 10 archives (PPSSPP with 29 submodules, Azahar with 52) whose `SHA256SUMS`
+verify. `make test-unit`: 83 tests OK (7 new in tests/test_notices.py).
+`tools/lint-shell.sh`: PASS. libc.prx rebuilt from the committed files alone is
+byte-identical to the one in every release (`e6ff45d1…`). The full build was not
+rerun (the build tree was in use); a `dist/` built before this change fails the
+integration gate until it is rebuilt.
diff --git a/docs/RELEASING.md b/docs/RELEASING.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69ee0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/RELEASING.md
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+# Releasing
+
+What a published release must carry, and the order that makes the tag, the ZIP and
+the source agree. The history behind each rule is docs/releases/SOURCE_CORRESPONDENCE.md.
+
+## What a release carries
+
+1. **The title ZIP**, `PS5_RetroArch-.zip`, holding `PPSA99169/` with its
+ `licenses/` folder: the licence texts each part requires, `components.json`
+ (every part's licence and source revision, and the sha256 of every executable
+ file) and `README.txt`. `tools/build-title.sh` writes it
+ (`tools/stage-notices.py`, from `tooling/notices/components.json`).
+2. **The source archives** from `tools/source-bundle.py`, with their `SHA256SUMS` and
+ `SOURCES.txt`, attached to the same release. The GPLv3 lets the source sit on
+ another server with clear directions (section 6(d)), and GPLv2 counts access from
+ the same place as the binary (section 3); attaching the archives satisfies both,
+ and it covers the cores this project fetches from repositories it does not
+ control. Genesis Plus GX's licence asks for the complete source of a modified
+ redistribution, which the archives are.
+3. **The notes**, with a "Source" section naming the commit the ZIP was built from
+ (it is the tag, see below) and the non-commercial parts (Snes9x, FBNeo, Genesis
+ Plus GX): they may not be sold. FBNeo's licence also forbids asking for donations
+ for a project that uses its code, so a release page carries no donation link.
+
+## The order
+
+1. **Commit and push everything that is linked in.** PS5_RetroArch itself, and every
+ revision it pins or takes from a sibling: PS5_PayloadSDK (`sdk_revision`), each
+ core fork, PS5_Vulkan (its `HEAD`) and the PS5_Mesa revision its RADV archive
+ records. Check that each is on GitHub before building:
+
+ ```bash
+ gh api repos/mihawk-99/PS5_Mesa/commits/ --jq .sha
+ ```
+
+2. **Build from the clean tree**, naming the release:
+
+ ```bash
+ PS5_RELEASE_TAG=v0.6.0-alpha.6 bash tools/build-title.sh
+ bash tools/verify.sh
+ python3 tools/check-notices.py --release
+ ```
+
+ `--release` fails when any part was built from uncommitted source or has no
+ published address.
+
+3. **Make the source archives and the ZIP**:
+
+ ```bash
+ python3 tools/source-bundle.py dist/PPSA99169 dist/source-v0.6.0-alpha.6
+ (cd dist && zip -r -X PS5_RetroArch-v0.6.0-alpha.6.zip PPSA99169)
+ sha256sum dist/PS5_RetroArch-v0.6.0-alpha.6.zip
+ ```
+
+ An asset may be at most 2 GiB. The largest archives are PPSSPP (about 560 MB,
+ its submodules included), MAME and the parts of LLVM RPCS3 links.
+
+4. **Tag the built commit and push the tag before creating the release**, so GitHub
+ does not make a tag from whatever `main` holds:
+
+ ```bash
+ git tag -a v0.6.0-alpha.6 -m "PS5 RetroArch v0.6.0-alpha.6"
+ git push PS5_RetroArch v0.6.0-alpha.6 # this repository's remote for github.com/mihawk-99/PS5_RetroArch
+ gh release create v0.6.0-alpha.6 --verify-tag --prerelease \
+ dist/PS5_RetroArch-v0.6.0-alpha.6.zip dist/source-v0.6.0-alpha.6/*
+ ```
+
+5. **Read it back.** Download the ZIP from the release, compare its sha256 with step
+ 3, unpack it and run `python3 tools/check-notices.py /PPSA99169`.
+
+## Parts that need a decision before they ship
+
+- **RPCS3** is GPL-2.0-only and is combined with GPL-3.0-or-later code (this port's
+ core runtime object is linked into it, and it runs against the title's GPL-3.0
+ platform code). Do not ship it in a release until that is resolved; the audit's
+ counsel packet sets out the options.
+- **Artwork whose origin is not recorded** (`sce_sys/pic0.dds`, `pic1.dds`) should be
+ replaced with artwork whose licence is known, or its origin recorded, before the
+ next release.
diff --git a/docs/RPCS3_PORT.md b/docs/RPCS3_PORT.md
index 36e522b..285e57a 100644
--- a/docs/RPCS3_PORT.md
+++ b/docs/RPCS3_PORT.md
@@ -45,10 +45,34 @@ PS5_Dynarmic.
## Licence
-RPCS3 is GPLv2. It ships as a separate libretro core, loaded by RetroArch at
-run time, on the same model as the Snes9x and FBNeo cores the title already
-ships, and the fork's source is published at the pinned revision. The title
-bundles no PS3 firmware, keys or games.
+RPCS3 states its licence as GPL-2.0-only (its README; `LICENSE` is the GPLv2).
+The rest of the title is GPL-3.0-or-later (RetroArch, this port, the payload SDK
+fork and its platform layer), and GPL-2.0-only code and GPL-3.0 code cannot be
+combined into one work and distributed. Whether the core and the title are one
+work is not settled by the core being a separate `.so`; these are the facts that
+bear on it (2026-09-29):
+
+- `rpcs3_libretro.so` statically links `tooling/native/core_cxx_runtime.cpp`
+ (this repository, GPL-3.0-or-later by the repository's licence) through
+ `PS5_CORE_LINK_INPUTS`, beside LLVM (Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception, whose
+ exception addresses GPLv2 combinations), FFmpeg and GNU libiconv
+ (LGPL-2.1-or-later).
+- At load time the title's native loader binds the core's libc and file-system
+ imports to the title's own wrappers and to the platform layer
+ (`tools/core-imports.py`, `build/core_imports.inc`), and the core runs in the
+ title's process, on the title's heap, through RetroArch's libretro and Vulkan
+ context interfaces.
+
+So it is not in a release. The ways out are a licence decision for the owner of
+the GPL-3.0 parts that touch the core (dual-licensing `core_cxx_runtime.cpp`
+and the platform layer's bound functions under a GPLv2-compatible licence, which
+is possible only for code whose authors agree), a change of interface, or
+counsel's view that the combination is not one work; the licence audit of
+2026-09-29 sets them out for that decision.
+
+The title bundles no PS3 firmware, keys or games; RPCS3 installs the firmware
+the user supplies and decrypts packages with the user's own licence files
+(RAP); that audit covers those paths too.
## Phase 1: the audit
diff --git a/docs/releases/SOURCE_CORRESPONDENCE.md b/docs/releases/SOURCE_CORRESPONDENCE.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..668d617
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/releases/SOURCE_CORRESPONDENCE.md
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+# Which source each published release was built from
+
+Each GitHub release of this project carries one ZIP. This page records, for every
+release, the commit whose tree the ZIP's `eboot.bin` was built from, the revisions
+of what was linked into it, and where the release's tag points. It was established
+on 2026-09-29 from the published assets (downloaded and hashed), their upload
+times, the repositories' public push events and this repository's history. What
+could not be established is said so.
+
+**The tags do not always name the built commit.** The releases were created with
+`gh release create` against `main`, and GitHub made each tag from whatever `main`
+held on GitHub at that moment. Three times the build was pushed afterwards, so the
+tag names an older commit than the one built. Tags are not moved (published history
+is not rewritten); the table below is the correction, and docs/RELEASING.md is the
+procedure that prevents it.
+
+## The releases
+
+| Release | Asset (sha256) | Tag points to | Built from | Evidence for "built from" |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| v0.1.0-alpha.1 | `PS5_RetroArch-v0.1.0-alpha.1.zip` `757a6ab774b990638a71e8dbe80deb6d66e799b53c4b52ac4cb504280c3388c4` | `a18cec6` | `b1dced9` | The ZIP was uploaded at 2026-09-20 01:02 UTC, after the release was created; its `eboot.bin` build identity `e11018a7…` is recorded in `b1dced9` (docs/THUMBNAIL_INPUT_DEFAULTS.md), pushed at 01:01 UTC. |
+| v0.2.0-alpha.2 | `…v0.2.0-alpha.2.zip` `5f611cb32e8212fb8a0b63f32c2329bfecd828dfd4434949a9a1366f332b13f2` | `d0a815b` | `d0a815b` | Pushed at 13:49 UTC, release at 13:53 UTC; no later commit before the upload. The build identity `cce8e166…` is not recorded in the repository. |
+| v0.3.0-alpha.3 | `…v0.3.0-alpha.3.zip` `d313b30dba97ed82277ee74a495801306a64a24fe365e9aba464c8df25da86eb` | `18dc105` | a tree at or after `c1d9f15`, most likely `6c7f418` | The ZIP's `eboot.bin` contains `src/permissions_ps5.cpp`'s log string ("permissions: /app0 checked=…"), which `c1d9f15` added after the tag. `6c7f418` is the last commit before the upload; the build identity `ad98b960…` is not recorded. |
+| v0.4.0-alpha.4 | `…v0.4.0-alpha.4.zip` `093fd883bbff63237486d3f7b9b1cd29c9a0d3142e42bf53367861b72757b144` | `52009a9` | `52009a9` | Build identity `870bd1bb…` is recorded in `054ab98`, an ancestor of the tag; the next commit (`a9452a6`) is documentation. |
+| v0.5.0-alpha.5 | `…v0.5.0-alpha.5.zip` `aa85d74e224bab3f0dc414c1176f3aa04ddf02b5d86d522b218d6c9c30e769de` | `1ae4a1a` (2026-09-26) | `72847d6` | The tag's tree cannot link RADV (`tools/build-title.sh` there has no RADV path; it arrived in `f932c82` on 2026-09-28). Build identity `f96bdb0e…` is recorded in `72847d6`, pushed at 12:30 UTC, five minutes after the release. |
+
+Every "built from" commit above is now on the public `main`.
+
+## What was linked in, per release
+
+| Release | RetroArch | Cores (pinned upstream or fork revision) | Graphics driver | SDK |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| alpha.1 | 1.22.2 `69a4f0e` + patches | FCEUmm `236ccdf`, mGBA `7a12d6d`, Snes9x `fae2fea`, FBNeo `6bb3167`, Genesis Plus GX `c2838c7` | ps5vk from `../PS5_Vulkan`, revision not recorded; built before PS5_Vulkan's public history begins (2026-09-20) | ps5-payload-dev v0.42 release |
+| alpha.2 | same | + PPSSPP v1.20.4 `fa50bb1` | ps5vk, revision not recorded (PS5_Vulkan `085aac6` was pushed 5 minutes before the release) | v0.42 release |
+| alpha.3 | same | + Dolphin `c6630001` (libretro/dolphin) | ps5vk, revision not recorded; the latest driver commit before the upload (`81b21d8`) was pushed 2026-09-26 01:19 UTC, after the release | v0.42 release |
+| alpha.4 | same | + LRPS2 `6d14775` (PS5_LRPS2) | ps5vk `40e9d30` (release notes); pushed 2026-09-28 04:06 UTC, after the release | PS5_PayloadSDK `a110320`; the fork was published 2026-09-28 |
+| alpha.5 | same | same eight | RADV from PS5_Mesa `cedb774`, built by PS5_Vulkan `5d8f37d` | PS5_PayloadSDK `95c08f2` |
+
+The upstream cores' pins did not change between releases. The mGBA and Genesis Plus
+GX cores built on 2026-09-29 from these pins are byte-identical to the ones in all
+five ZIPs, and FCEUmm's to alpha.2–alpha.5, which confirms those pins.
+
+## Gaps these releases still carry
+
+- **Licence texts.** None of the five ZIPs contains the GPL, the MPL, or the
+ Snes9x, FBNeo or Genesis Plus GX licences, or the OFL of PPSSPP's fonts. Builds
+ from now on stage them in `licenses/` (tools/stage-notices.py). The published
+ ZIPs are unchanged.
+- **Source not offered beside the binary.** The release pages link the
+ repositories but carry no source archives; several cores come from upstream
+ repositories this project does not control. tools/source-bundle.py makes the
+ archives; attaching them to a release is the maintainer's decision.
+- **alpha.1's driver.** The ps5vk revision linked into alpha.1 predates PS5_Vulkan's
+ public history, so its source is not published anywhere today.
+- **Driver revisions of alpha.2 and alpha.3** are not recorded.
+
+## Proposed "Source" section for each release's notes
+
+Not applied: editing a published release is the maintainer's call.
+
+```markdown
+## Source
+
+This ZIP was built from PS5_RetroArch (the tag points to
+, an earlier commit; see docs/releases/SOURCE_CORRESPONDENCE.md). Every
+component, its licence and its source revision are listed there. The licence texts
+for this release are in .
+```
diff --git a/runtime/README.md b/runtime/README.md
index b73ffe4..b599bae 100644
--- a/runtime/README.md
+++ b/runtime/README.md
@@ -1,31 +1,37 @@
-# Clean-room runtime shim
+# The generated runtime module (libc.prx)
-`libc.prx` is generated locally from the independently authored source in this
-repository and is distributed under GPL-3.0-or-later. It contains no Sony
-runtime implementation, proprietary SDK binary, or game file.
+`sce_module/libc.prx` is the module a title carries where the console's loader
+expects a C library companion. It is generated, not copied: `make libc` (or
+`tools/rebuild-libc.sh`) builds `tooling/native/libc_builder.cpp` and runs it on the
+two manifests in `tooling/native/runtime/`, then signs the result as a fake SELF.
+The code is Copyright (C) 2026 BlackBearReloaded (ps5-native-app-boilerplate),
+GPL-3.0-or-later.
-The release artifact has SHA-256:
+What the module contains:
+
+- a few dozen bytes of machine code written by the builder: an initializer that hands
+ the title's `malloc`/`free`/`posix_memalign` to the kernel's heap hook and registers
+ three thread callbacks, and functions that return zero;
+- loader metadata: the NIDs, ELF bindings, types and sizes of the symbols the
+ console's libc exports (`api-surface.txt`, recorded by observing that module, as
+ its header says), the imports it declares (`imports.txt`), and a
+ segment layout that matches what the loader accepts.
+
+It contains no instructions or data copied from a console module. That is
+established by the generator's source, and by reproduction: on 2026-09-29 the
+module rebuilt from this repository's committed files alone was byte-identical to
+the one below, which is also the `libc.prx` in every published PS5_RetroArch release
+(v0.1.0-alpha.1 to v0.5.0-alpha.5). The name "clean-room", used for this module
+elsewhere, is BlackBearReloaded's description of how it was written; this
+repository has no record of that process beyond the source itself.
+
+The expected artifact has SHA-256:
```text
e6ff45d16adf687855cc3b33b0c8a4132b6504360b221e0a34c7e99fb3ba0036
```
-Generate it from the repository root:
-
-```sh
-make libc
-```
-
-Then verify it from this directory with:
-
-```sh
-sha256sum -c libc.prx.sha256
-```
-
-The generated file is ignored by Git. Bare `make` also creates it as part of a
-normal application build. Tagged GitHub Releases provide the verified binary
-as a convenience asset.
-
-The complete source, reproduction procedure, and compatibility scope are in
-[`tooling/native`](../tooling/native) and
-[`docs/RUNTIME_SHIM.md`](../docs/RUNTIME_SHIM.md).
+Generate it from the repository root with `make libc`, then verify it from this
+directory with `sha256sum -c libc.prx.sha256`. The generated file is ignored by
+Git; a normal build creates it too. The upstream description of the generator and
+its compatibility scope is ps5-native-app-boilerplate's `docs/RUNTIME_SHIM.md`.
diff --git a/tests/test_notices.py b/tests/test_notices.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..03aaf3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_notices.py
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+"""The title's licenses/ folder: staged from the component table, checked against the files."""
+
+import hashlib
+import importlib.util
+import json
+import subprocess
+import tempfile
+import unittest
+from pathlib import Path
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+
+
+def load(name, path):
+ spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location(name, ROOT / path)
+ module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+ spec.loader.exec_module(module)
+ return module
+
+
+stage = load("stage_notices", "tools/stage-notices.py")
+check = load("check_notices", "tools/check-notices.py")
+
+
+def digest(data):
+ return hashlib.sha256(data).hexdigest()
+
+
+class Notices(unittest.TestCase):
+ """A miniature repository, title and table, so no build is needed."""
+
+ def setUp(self):
+ self.directory = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory()
+ base = Path(self.directory.name)
+ self.repo = base / "repo"
+ self.title = base / "title"
+ (self.repo / "build/cores/demo").mkdir(parents=True)
+ (self.repo / "src").mkdir()
+ (self.repo / "LICENSE").write_text("GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE\n")
+ (self.repo / "src/demo-license.txt").write_text("Demo licence, verbatim.\n")
+ (self.repo / "tools").mkdir()
+ (self.repo / "tools/fetch.sh").write_text('revision="abc123"\n')
+ subprocess.run(["git", "init", "-q", str(self.repo)], check=True)
+ subprocess.run(["git", "-C", str(self.repo), "add", "-A"], check=True)
+ subprocess.run(["git", "-C", str(self.repo), "-c", "user.name=t", "-c", "user.email=t@t",
+ "commit", "-qm", "fixture"], check=True)
+ (self.title / "cores").mkdir(parents=True)
+ (self.title / "eboot.bin").write_bytes(b"title")
+ self.core = b"core bytes"
+ (self.title / "cores/demo_libretro.so").write_bytes(self.core)
+ self.report(self.core)
+ self.table = self.repo / "components.json"
+ self.table.write_text(json.dumps({"components": [
+ {"id": "port", "name": "Port", "kind": "code", "always": True,
+ "artifacts": ["eboot.bin"], "licence": "GPL-3.0-or-later",
+ "texts": [{"from": "LICENSE", "to": "GPL-3.0.txt"}],
+ "source": {"kind": "git", "path": ".", "remote": "https://example.org/port"}},
+ {"id": "upstream", "name": "Upstream", "kind": "code", "always": True,
+ "artifacts": ["eboot.bin"], "licence": "GPL-3.0-or-later",
+ "texts": [{"from": "LICENSE", "to": "COPYING"}],
+ "source": {"kind": "pin", "file": "tools/fetch.sh", "var": "revision",
+ "remote": "https://example.org/upstream"}},
+ {"id": "demo", "name": "Demo core", "kind": "code", "noncommercial": True,
+ "artifacts": ["cores/demo_libretro.so"], "licence": "LicenseRef-Demo",
+ "texts": [{"from": "src/demo-license.txt", "to": "license.txt", "verbatim": True}],
+ "source": {"kind": "core", "build": "demo", "remote": "https://example.org/demo"}},
+ {"id": "absent", "name": "A core this build does not have", "kind": "code",
+ "artifacts": ["cores/absent_libretro.so"], "licence": "MIT", "texts": [],
+ "source": {"kind": "fixed", "revision": "1"}},
+ ]}))
+
+ def tearDown(self):
+ self.directory.cleanup()
+
+ def report(self, data):
+ (self.repo / "build/cores/demo/build.json").write_text(json.dumps(
+ {"sha256": digest(data), "source_revision": "f00d"}))
+
+ def run_stage(self):
+ return stage.stage(self.title, "radv", "v-test", {}, root=self.repo, table=self.table)
+
+ def test_staged_folder_passes_the_check(self):
+ staged = self.run_stage()
+ self.assertEqual([c["id"] for c in staged], ["port", "upstream", "demo"])
+ self.assertEqual(check.check(self.title), [])
+ record = json.loads((self.title / "licenses/components.json").read_text())
+ demo = next(c for c in record["components"] if c["id"] == "demo")
+ self.assertEqual(demo["source"]["revision"], "f00d")
+ self.assertEqual(demo["source"]["url"], "https://example.org/demo/tree/f00d")
+ self.assertEqual(demo["executables"], {"cores/demo_libretro.so": digest(self.core)})
+ upstream = next(c for c in record["components"] if c["id"] == "upstream")
+ self.assertEqual(upstream["source"]["revision"], "abc123")
+ readme = (self.title / "licenses/README.txt").read_text()
+ self.assertIn("Non-commercial terms", readme)
+ self.assertIn("Demo core", readme)
+
+ def test_a_core_that_is_not_its_build_report_is_refused(self):
+ self.report(b"another build")
+ with self.assertRaisesRegex(stage.NoticeError, "build.json describes"):
+ self.run_stage()
+
+ def test_a_missing_licence_text_is_refused(self):
+ (self.repo / "src/demo-license.txt").unlink()
+ with self.assertRaisesRegex(stage.NoticeError, "not found"):
+ self.run_stage()
+
+ def test_an_unlisted_core_fails_the_check(self):
+ self.run_stage()
+ (self.title / "cores/stray_libretro.so").write_bytes(b"stray")
+ problems = check.check(self.title)
+ self.assertTrue(any("stray_libretro.so belongs to no listed part" in p for p in problems))
+
+ def test_a_changed_core_or_edited_verbatim_text_fails_the_check(self):
+ self.run_stage()
+ (self.title / "cores/demo_libretro.so").write_bytes(b"rebuilt")
+ (self.title / "licenses/demo/license.txt").write_text("shortened\n")
+ problems = check.check(self.title)
+ self.assertTrue(any("changed after its notice was staged" in p for p in problems))
+ self.assertTrue(any("not the verbatim text" in p for p in problems))
+
+ def test_release_requires_committed_source(self):
+ (self.repo / "LICENSE").write_text("edited\n")
+ self.run_stage()
+ self.assertEqual(check.check(self.title), [])
+ problems = check.check(self.title, release=True)
+ self.assertEqual(problems, ["port: built from uncommitted source"])
+
+ def test_the_repository_table_names_existing_build_scripts(self):
+ table = json.loads((ROOT / "tooling/notices/components.json").read_text())
+ ids = [c["id"] for c in table["components"]]
+ self.assertEqual(len(ids), len(set(ids)))
+ for component in table["components"]:
+ self.assertTrue(component["licence"])
+ source = component["source"]
+ if source["kind"] == "pin":
+ self.assertTrue((ROOT / source["file"]).is_file(), source["file"])
+ if source["kind"] == "core":
+ self.assertTrue(component["artifacts"][0].startswith("cores/"))
+ if "LicenseRef" in component["licence"]:
+ self.assertTrue(component.get("noncommercial"), component["id"])
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ unittest.main()
diff --git a/tooling/notices/components.json b/tooling/notices/components.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64cfe40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tooling/notices/components.json
@@ -0,0 +1,382 @@
+{
+ "about": [
+ "What the title folder is made of, and for each part its licence, the licence texts that travel with it and where its source is.",
+ "tools/stage-notices.py reads this table after a build and writes licenses/ into the title folder: the texts, a",
+ "components.json that ties every executable file to the source revision it was built from, and a README.txt.",
+ "tools/check-notices.py verifies the result. Paths are relative to this repository; ${VULKAN} is ../PS5_Vulkan",
+ "(PS5_VULKAN_DIR), ${SDK_FORK} is ../PS5_PayloadSDK and ${LLVM} is .deps/llvm-project. A component is staged",
+ "when one of its 'artifacts' patterns matches a file in the title folder, or when 'always' is set.",
+ "'licence' is the licence the upstream project states for the part that ships; 'noncommercial' marks terms",
+ "that forbid commercial use, which the GPL does not allow a combined work to add (see the audit's counsel packet)."
+ ],
+ "schema": 1,
+ "components": [
+ {
+ "id": "ps5-retroarch",
+ "name": "PS5 RetroArch (this port: title code, platform integration, build scripts and patches)",
+ "kind": "code",
+ "always": true,
+ "artifacts": ["eboot.bin", "retroarch.cfg", "sce_sys/param.json"],
+ "licence": "GPL-3.0-or-later",
+ "copyright": [
+ "Copyright (C) 2026 Mihawk",
+ "Copyright (C) 2026 BlackBearReloaded (the native title pipeline from ps5-native-app-boilerplate and ProsperoLight)"
+ ],
+ "texts": [{"from": "LICENSE", "to": "GPL-3.0.txt"}],
+ "source": {"kind": "git", "path": ".", "remote": "https://github.com/mihawk-99/PS5_RetroArch"},
+ "modifications": "This is the port itself. Its patches to RetroArch and the cores are patches/ and tools/apply-port-patches.py in this repository."
+ },
+ {
+ "id": "retroarch",
+ "name": "RetroArch 1.22.2",
+ "kind": "code",
+ "always": true,
+ "artifacts": ["eboot.bin", "assets/rgui/**"],
+ "licence": "GPL-3.0-or-later",
+ "copyright": ["Copyright (C) 2010-2026 The RetroArch team and contributors"],
+ "texts": [{"from": "vendor/retroarch/COPYING", "to": "COPYING"}],
+ "source": {"kind": "pin", "file": "tools/fetch-retroarch.sh", "var": "revision", "remote": "https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch"},
+ "modifications": "patches/series, applied by tools/fetch-retroarch.sh and tools/apply-port-patches.py (PS5_RetroArch)."
+ },
+ {
+ "id": "libc-prx-shim",
+ "name": "sce_module/libc.prx, the generated loader companion (ps5-native-app-boilerplate)",
+ "kind": "code",
+ "artifacts": ["sce_module/libc.prx"],
+ "licence": "GPL-3.0-or-later",
+ "copyright": ["Copyright (C) 2026 BlackBearReloaded"],
+ "texts": [{"from": "LICENSE", "to": "GPL-3.0.txt"}],
+ "source": {"kind": "git", "path": ".", "remote": "https://github.com/mihawk-99/PS5_RetroArch"},
+ "modifications": "Generated by tools/rebuild-libc.sh from tooling/native/libc_builder.cpp and the manifests in tooling/native/runtime/ (PS5_RetroArch); runtime/libc.prx.sha256 is the expected digest. It holds generated stubs and loader metadata (exported symbol NIDs and sizes), no code taken from a console."
+ },
+ {
+ "id": "payload-sdk",
+ "name": "PS5 payload SDK fork and its platform layer (libps5platform.a, headers, import stubs)",
+ "kind": "code",
+ "always": true,
+ "artifacts": ["eboot.bin", "cores/*.so"],
+ "licence": "GPL-3.0-or-later",
+ "copyright": ["Copyright (C) 2022-2026 John Törnblom and ps5-payload-dev contributors", "Copyright (C) 2026 Mihawk (the platform layer)"],
+ "texts": [
+ {"from": "${SDK_FORK}/LICENSE", "to": "GPL-3.0.txt"},
+ {"from": "${SDK_FORK}/platform/src/regex/COPYRIGHT.musl", "to": "musl-regex-COPYRIGHT.txt"},
+ {"from": "${SDK_FORK}/platform/src/dlmalloc/SOURCE", "to": "dlmalloc-SOURCE.txt"}
+ ],
+ "source": {"kind": "stamp", "file": ".deps/native/ps5-payload-sdk/.ps5-sdk-revision", "pin": {"file": "tools/setup-native-dependencies.sh", "var": "sdk_revision"}, "remote": "https://github.com/mihawk-99/PS5_PayloadSDK"},
+ "modifications": "The fork installs over the ps5-payload-dev SDK v0.42 release binaries (tools/setup-native-dependencies.sh). The platform layer's regex is musl's (MIT, with TRE's BSD-2-Clause notice) and its heap is dlmalloc 2.8.6 (MIT)."
+ },
+ {
+ "id": "dlmalloc",
+ "name": "dlmalloc 2.8.6 (the title's overflow heap)",
+ "kind": "code",
+ "always": true,
+ "artifacts": ["eboot.bin"],
+ "licence": "MIT",
+ "copyright": ["Copyright 2023 Doug Lea"],
+ "texts": [{"from": "tooling/third_party/dlmalloc/malloc.c", "to": "malloc.c-header.txt", "head": 40}, {"from": "tooling/third_party/dlmalloc/SOURCE", "to": "SOURCE.txt"}],
+ "source": {"kind": "git", "path": ".", "remote": "https://github.com/mihawk-99/PS5_RetroArch"},
+ "modifications": "Unmodified; tooling/third_party/dlmalloc in PS5_RetroArch."
+ },
+ {
+ "id": "llvm-runtime",
+ "name": "LLVM libc++, libc++abi, libunwind and compiler-rt builtins (statically linked into eboot.bin; the cores resolve them from it)",
+ "kind": "code",
+ "always": true,
+ "artifacts": ["eboot.bin"],
+ "licence": "Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception",
+ "copyright": ["Copyright (c) 2003-2026 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the LLVM project contributors"],
+ "texts": [{"from": ["${LLVM}/llvm/LICENSE.TXT", "../PS5_LLVM/llvm/LICENSE.TXT"], "to": "LICENSE.TXT"}],
+ "source": {"kind": "fixed", "revision": "ps5-payload-dev SDK v0.42 release archives", "url": "https://github.com/ps5-payload-dev/sdk/releases/tag/v0.42"},
+ "modifications": "Unmodified release archives of the SDK. RPCS3's own LLVM is listed with that core."
+ },
+ {
+ "id": "zlib",
+ "name": "zlib 1.3.2",
+ "kind": "code",
+ "always": true,
+ "artifacts": ["eboot.bin"],
+ "licence": "Zlib",
+ "copyright": ["Copyright (C) 1995-2026 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler"],
+ "texts": [{"from": ".deps/native/zlib/zlib-1.3.2/LICENSE", "to": "LICENSE"}],
+ "source": {"kind": "pin", "file": "tools/setup-native-dependencies.sh", "var": "zlib_version", "url": "https://zlib.net/fossils/zlib-{rev}.tar.gz"},
+ "modifications": "Unmodified."
+ },
+ {
+ "id": "radv",
+ "name": "RADV, Mesa's Vulkan driver, and the parts of Mesa it links (PS5_Mesa fork with the PS5 winsys)",
+ "kind": "code",
+ "driver": "radv",
+ "artifacts": ["eboot.bin"],
+ "licence": "MIT AND others stated per file (see Mesa-license.rst)",
+ "copyright": ["Copyright the Mesa contributors (per-file notices in the source)"],
+ "texts": [
+ {"from": "../PS5_Mesa/docs/license.rst", "to": "Mesa-license.rst"},
+ {"from": "../PS5_Mesa/licenses", "to": "licenses"}
+ ],
+ "source": {"kind": "provenance", "file": "${VULKAN}/.deps/native/radv-release/PROVENANCE.txt", "key": "revision", "remote": "https://github.com/mihawk-99/PS5_Mesa", "archive": "${VULKAN}/.deps/native/radv-release/lib/libvulkan_radeon.ps5.a"},
+ "modifications": "The fork's commits on main over Mesa 26.2.0 (the PS5 winsys, src/amd/vulkan/winsys/ps5)."
+ },
+ {
+ "id": "ps5-vulkan",
+ "name": "PS5_Vulkan: the RADV link recipe and linker script (RADV builds), or ps5vk (ps5vk builds)",
+ "kind": "code",
+ "always": true,
+ "artifacts": ["eboot.bin"],
+ "licence": "GPL-3.0-or-later",
+ "copyright": ["Copyright (C) 2026 Mihawk", "Copyright (C) 2026 BlackBearReloaded"],
+ "texts": [{"from": "${VULKAN}/LICENSE", "to": "GPL-3.0.txt"}],
+ "source": {"kind": "git", "path": "${VULKAN}", "remote": "https://github.com/mihawk-99/PS5_Vulkan"},
+ "modifications": "tools/radv-link.sh and tooling/psbc/ps5-pie-unwind.ld (RADV builds); driver/ and its archives (ps5vk builds)."
+ },
+ {
+ "id": "ps5vk-mesa-runtime",
+ "name": "Mesa's common Vulkan runtime (ps5vk builds only)",
+ "kind": "code",
+ "driver": "ps5vk",
+ "artifacts": ["eboot.bin"],
+ "licence": "MIT",
+ "copyright": ["Copyright the Mesa contributors (per-file notices in the source)"],
+ "texts": [{"from": "${VULKAN}/.deps/native/mesa/mesa-26.2.0/docs/license.rst", "to": "Mesa-license.rst"}, {"from": "${VULKAN}/.deps/native/mesa/mesa-26.2.0/licenses", "to": "licenses"}],
+ "source": {"kind": "fixed", "revision": "26.2.0", "url": "https://archive.mesa3d.org/mesa-26.2.0.tar.xz"},
+ "modifications": "Built by PS5_Vulkan tools/build-vulkan-runtime.sh with its window-system stubs."
+ },
+ {
+ "id": "ps5vk-psbc",
+ "name": "OpenGNM PSBC shader compiler and ps5-opengl's package writer (ps5vk builds only)",
+ "kind": "code",
+ "driver": "ps5vk",
+ "artifacts": ["eboot.bin"],
+ "licence": "MIT AND GPL-3.0-or-later",
+ "copyright": ["Copyright (c) 2026 OpenGNM contributors", "Copyright (c) 2015-2024 Mesa contributors", "Copyright (C) 2026 BlackBearReloaded"],
+ "texts": [{"from": "${VULKAN}/.deps/native/opengl-sdk/third_party/opengnm-psbc/LICENSE", "to": "OpenGNM-PSBC-LICENSE.txt"}],
+ "source": {"kind": "provenance", "file": "${VULKAN}/.deps/native/opengl-sdk/PROVENANCE.txt", "key": "source revision", "remote": "https://github.com/blackbearreloaded/ps5-opengl"},
+ "modifications": "PS5_Vulkan tooling/psbc/patch-*.py over the SDK's compiler fork."
+ },
+ {
+ "id": "retroarch-assets",
+ "name": "RetroArch assets: the XMB monochrome theme and its font",
+ "kind": "asset",
+ "artifacts": ["assets/xmb/**"],
+ "licence": "CC-BY-4.0 (icons); the M+ FONT LICENSE (font)",
+ "copyright": ["The RetroArch assets contributors (https://github.com/libretro/retroarch-assets)", "The M+ FONTS PROJECT (monochrome/font.ttf)"],
+ "texts": [{"from": "assets/xmb/COPYING", "to": "CC-BY-4.0.txt"}, {"from": "assets/xmb/monochrome/FONT-LICENSE.txt", "to": "M+-FONT-LICENSE.txt"}, {"from": "assets/xmb/source.json", "to": "source.json"}],
+ "source": {"kind": "json", "file": "assets/xmb/source.json", "key": "revision", "remote": "https://github.com/libretro/retroarch-assets"},
+ "modifications": "A selection of files, unmodified; assets/xmb/source.json lists each with its digest."
+ },
+ {
+ "id": "core-info",
+ "name": "libretro-core-info metadata (.info files)",
+ "kind": "metadata",
+ "artifacts": ["info/*.info", "cores/*.info"],
+ "licence": "MIT",
+ "copyright": ["Copyright (c) 2019 The RetroArch team"],
+ "texts": [{"from": "tooling/notices/texts/libretro-core-info-COPYING.txt", "to": "COPYING"}],
+ "source": {"kind": "pin", "file": "tools/core-fork.sh", "var": "core_info_revision", "remote": "https://github.com/libretro/libretro-core-info"},
+ "modifications": "Unmodified, except rpcs3_libretro.info, which this repository writes (tooling/rpcs3)."
+ },
+ {
+ "id": "title-art",
+ "name": "Launcher artwork and selection music (sce_sys)",
+ "kind": "asset",
+ "artifacts": ["sce_sys/icon0.png", "sce_sys/pic0.dds", "sce_sys/pic1.dds", "sce_sys/snd0.at9"],
+ "licence": "see modifications",
+ "copyright": ["snd0.at9: Copyright (C) 2026 BlackBearReloaded, GPL-3.0-or-later according to ps5-native-app-boilerplate's NOTICE.md"],
+ "texts": [],
+ "source": {"kind": "git", "path": ".", "remote": "https://github.com/mihawk-99/PS5_RetroArch"},
+ "modifications": "icon0.png is the RetroArch logo (libretro's branding); pic0.dds and pic1.dds were converted from a background image whose origin is not recorded (docs/releases/SOURCE_CORRESPONDENCE.md); snd0.at9 is ps5-native-app-boilerplate's default selection track."
+ },
+ {
+ "id": "fceumm",
+ "name": "FCEUmm (NES)",
+ "kind": "code",
+ "artifacts": ["cores/fceumm_libretro.so"],
+ "licence": "GPL-2.0-or-later",
+ "copyright": ["Copyright the FCEU team, CaH4e3 and contributors (per-file notices)"],
+ "texts": [{"from": "build/cores/fceumm/Copying", "to": "Copying"}],
+ "source": {"kind": "core", "build": "fceumm", "remote": "https://github.com/libretro/libretro-fceumm"},
+ "modifications": "None beyond the build (tools/build-fceumm.sh)."
+ },
+ {
+ "id": "mgba",
+ "name": "mGBA (Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance)",
+ "kind": "code",
+ "artifacts": ["cores/mgba_libretro.so"],
+ "licence": "MPL-2.0",
+ "copyright": ["Copyright (c) 2013-2026 Jeffrey Pfau and contributors"],
+ "texts": [{"from": "build/cores/mgba/LICENSE", "to": "LICENSE"}, {"from": "build/cores/mgba/res/licenses", "to": "licenses"}],
+ "source": {"kind": "core", "build": "mgba", "remote": "https://github.com/libretro/mgba"},
+ "modifications": "patches/mgba (PS5_RetroArch)."
+ },
+ {
+ "id": "snes9x",
+ "name": "Snes9x (SNES)",
+ "kind": "code",
+ "noncommercial": true,
+ "artifacts": ["cores/snes9x_libretro.so"],
+ "licence": "LicenseRef-Snes9x (non-commercial)",
+ "copyright": ["Copyright (c) 1996-2026 the Snes9x authors listed in LICENSE"],
+ "texts": [{"from": "build/cores/snes9x/LICENSE", "to": "LICENSE", "verbatim": true}],
+ "source": {"kind": "core", "build": "snes9x", "remote": "https://github.com/libretro/snes9x"},
+ "modifications": "patches/snes9x (PS5_RetroArch)."
+ },
+ {
+ "id": "fbneo",
+ "name": "FinalBurn Neo (arcade)",
+ "kind": "code",
+ "noncommercial": true,
+ "artifacts": ["cores/fbneo_libretro.so"],
+ "licence": "LicenseRef-FBNeo (non-commercial; includes MAME-derived code under MAME's licence)",
+ "copyright": ["Copyright Team FBNeo and the authors listed in src/license.txt"],
+ "texts": [{"from": "build/cores/fbneo/src/license.txt", "to": "license.txt", "verbatim": true}, {"from": "build/cores/fbneo/LICENSE.md", "to": "LICENSE.md"}],
+ "source": {"kind": "core", "build": "fbneo", "remote": "https://github.com/libretro/FBNeo"},
+ "modifications": "patches/fbneo (PS5_RetroArch). FBNeo's licence requires its full text, verbatim, with every copy."
+ },
+ {
+ "id": "genesis-plus-gx",
+ "name": "Genesis Plus GX (Mega Drive/Genesis, Master System, Game Gear, SG-1000, Sega CD)",
+ "kind": "code",
+ "noncommercial": true,
+ "artifacts": ["cores/genesis_plus_gx_libretro.so"],
+ "licence": "LicenseRef-GenesisPlusGX (non-commercial; parts LGPL-2.1-or-later and BSD, see LICENSE.txt)",
+ "copyright": ["Copyright (c) 1998-2003 Charles MacDonald", "Copyright (c) 2007-2026 Eke-Eke"],
+ "texts": [{"from": "build/cores/genesis_plus_gx/LICENSE.txt", "to": "LICENSE.txt", "verbatim": true}],
+ "source": {"kind": "core", "build": "genesis_plus_gx", "remote": "https://github.com/libretro/Genesis-Plus-GX"},
+ "modifications": "patches/genesis-plus-gx (PS5_RetroArch). Its licence requires the complete source of a modified redistribution: the release's source archives."
+ },
+ {
+ "id": "ppsspp",
+ "name": "PPSSPP v1.20.4 (PSP) and its system assets",
+ "kind": "code",
+ "artifacts": ["cores/ppsspp_libretro.so", "system/PPSSPP/**"],
+ "licence": "GPL-2.0-or-later (code); OFL-1.1 (fonts); others per file",
+ "copyright": ["Copyright (c) 2012- PPSSPP Project and contributors", "Roboto Condensed: Copyright 2011 The Roboto Project Authors", "Inconsolata: Copyright 2006 The Inconsolata Project Authors"],
+ "texts": [{"from": ".deps/ppsspp-src/LICENSE.TXT", "to": "LICENSE.TXT"}, {"from": "tooling/notices/texts/OFL-1.1.txt", "to": "fonts-OFL-1.1.txt"}],
+ "source": {"kind": "core", "build": "ppsspp", "tree": ".deps/ppsspp-src", "remote": "https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp"},
+ "modifications": "patches/ppsspp/ps5-port.patch (PS5_RetroArch); submodules at the revisions its build.json records."
+ },
+ {
+ "id": "dolphin",
+ "name": "Dolphin (GameCube, Wii), libretro/dolphin, and its Sys tree",
+ "kind": "code",
+ "artifacts": ["cores/dolphin_libretro.so", "system/dolphin-emu/**"],
+ "licence": "GPL-2.0-or-later (and the licences in LICENSES/ for bundled parts)",
+ "copyright": ["Copyright the Dolphin Emulator Project and contributors"],
+ "texts": [{"from": ".deps/dolphin-src/COPYING", "to": "COPYING"}, {"from": ".deps/dolphin-src/LICENSES", "to": "LICENSES"}],
+ "source": {"kind": "core", "build": "dolphin", "tree": ".deps/dolphin-src", "remote": "https://github.com/libretro/dolphin"},
+ "modifications": "patches/dolphin/ps5-port.patch (PS5_RetroArch)."
+ },
+ {
+ "id": "lrps2",
+ "name": "LRPS2 (PCSX2, PlayStation 2)",
+ "kind": "code",
+ "artifacts": ["cores/pcsx2_libretro.so"],
+ "licence": "GPL-3.0-or-later",
+ "copyright": ["Copyright the PCSX2 Dev Team and contributors"],
+ "texts": [{"from": ".deps/lrps2-src/COPYING.GPLv3", "to": "COPYING.GPLv3"}],
+ "source": {"kind": "core", "build": "lrps2", "tree": ".deps/lrps2-src", "remote": "https://github.com/mihawk-99/PS5_LRPS2"},
+ "modifications": "The fork's commits over libretro/ps2."
+ },
+ {
+ "id": "beetle-psx",
+ "name": "Beetle PSX HW (Mednafen PSX, PlayStation)",
+ "kind": "code",
+ "artifacts": ["cores/mednafen_psx_hw_libretro.so"],
+ "licence": "GPL-2.0-or-later",
+ "copyright": ["Copyright Mednafen Team and the beetle-psx-libretro contributors"],
+ "texts": [{"from": ".deps/beetle-psx-src/COPYING", "to": "COPYING"}, {"from": ".deps/beetle-psx-src/parallel-psx/COPYING", "to": "parallel-psx-COPYING"}],
+ "source": {"kind": "core", "build": "beetle-psx", "tree": ".deps/beetle-psx-src", "remote": "https://github.com/mihawk-99/PS5_BeetlePSX"},
+ "modifications": "The fork's commits over libretro/beetle-psx-libretro."
+ },
+ {
+ "id": "mupen64plus",
+ "name": "Mupen64Plus-Next (Nintendo 64), with GLideN64, ParaLLEl-RDP and ParaLLEl-RSP",
+ "kind": "code",
+ "artifacts": ["cores/mupen64plus_next_libretro.so"],
+ "licence": "GPL-2.0-or-later AND MIT AND LGPL-3.0-or-later (per component)",
+ "copyright": ["Copyright the Mupen64Plus, GLideN64 and ParaLLEl authors"],
+ "texts": [
+ {"from": ".deps/mupen64plus-src/LICENSE", "to": "LICENSE"},
+ {"from": ".deps/mupen64plus-src/GLideN64/LICENSE", "to": "GLideN64-LICENSE"},
+ {"from": ".deps/mupen64plus-src/mupen64plus-rsp-paraLLEl/LICENSE", "to": "paraLLEl-RSP-LICENSE"},
+ {"from": ".deps/mupen64plus-src/mupen64plus-rsp-paraLLEl/LICENSE.LESSER", "to": "paraLLEl-RSP-LICENSE.LESSER"},
+ {"from": ".deps/mupen64plus-src/mupen64plus-rsp-paraLLEl/LICENSE.MIT", "to": "paraLLEl-RSP-LICENSE.MIT"},
+ {"from": ".deps/mupen64plus-src/mupen64plus-core/LICENSES", "to": "mupen64plus-core-LICENSES"}
+ ],
+ "source": {"kind": "core", "build": "mupen64plus", "tree": ".deps/mupen64plus-src", "remote": "https://github.com/mihawk-99/PS5_Mupen64Plus"},
+ "modifications": "The fork's commits over libretro/mupen64plus-libretro-nx."
+ },
+ {
+ "id": "beetle-saturn",
+ "name": "Beetle Saturn (Mednafen Saturn)",
+ "kind": "code",
+ "artifacts": ["cores/mednafen_saturn_libretro.so"],
+ "licence": "GPL-2.0-or-later",
+ "copyright": ["Copyright Mednafen Team and the beetle-saturn-libretro contributors"],
+ "texts": [{"from": ".deps/beetle-saturn-src/COPYING", "to": "COPYING"}],
+ "source": {"kind": "core", "build": "beetle-saturn", "tree": ".deps/beetle-saturn-src", "remote": "https://github.com/mihawk-99/PS5_BeetleSaturn"},
+ "modifications": "The fork's commits over libretro/beetle-saturn-libretro."
+ },
+ {
+ "id": "vice",
+ "name": "VICE x64sc (Commodore 64)",
+ "kind": "code",
+ "artifacts": ["cores/vice_x64sc_libretro.so"],
+ "licence": "GPL-2.0-or-later",
+ "copyright": ["Copyright the VICE Team and vice-libretro contributors"],
+ "texts": [{"from": ".deps/vice-src/COPYING", "to": "COPYING"}],
+ "source": {"kind": "core", "build": "vice", "tree": ".deps/vice-src", "remote": "https://github.com/mihawk-99/PS5_VICE"},
+ "modifications": "The fork's commits over libretro/vice-libretro."
+ },
+ {
+ "id": "desmume",
+ "name": "DeSmuME (Nintendo DS)",
+ "kind": "code",
+ "artifacts": ["cores/desmume_libretro.so"],
+ "licence": "GPL-2.0-or-later",
+ "copyright": ["Copyright the DeSmuME team and contributors"],
+ "texts": [{"from": ".deps/desmume-src/desmume/COPYING", "to": "COPYING"}],
+ "source": {"kind": "core", "build": "desmume", "tree": ".deps/desmume-src", "remote": "https://github.com/mihawk-99/PS5_DeSmuME"},
+ "modifications": "The fork's commits over libretro/desmume."
+ },
+ {
+ "id": "azahar",
+ "name": "Azahar (Nintendo 3DS), with Dynarmic",
+ "kind": "code",
+ "artifacts": ["cores/azahar_libretro.so"],
+ "licence": "GPL-2.0-or-later (Azahar); 0BSD (Dynarmic); others per externals/",
+ "copyright": ["Copyright the Citra Emulator Project / Azahar Emulator Project", "Copyright MerryMage and the Dynarmic contributors"],
+ "texts": [{"from": ".deps/azahar-src/license.txt", "to": "license.txt"}, {"from": ".deps/azahar-src/externals/dynarmic/LICENSE.txt", "to": "dynarmic-LICENSE.txt"}],
+ "source": {"kind": "core", "build": "azahar", "tree": ".deps/azahar-src", "remote": "https://github.com/mihawk-99/PS5_Azahar"},
+ "modifications": "The fork's commits over azahar-emu/azahar; externals/dynarmic is mihawk-99/PS5_Dynarmic."
+ },
+ {
+ "id": "mame",
+ "name": "MAME 0.289 (arcade), libretro/mame",
+ "kind": "code",
+ "artifacts": ["cores/mame_libretro.so"],
+ "licence": "GPL-2.0-or-later (MAME as a whole; files BSD-3-Clause and others, see docs/legal)",
+ "copyright": ["Copyright the MAME team and contributors"],
+ "texts": [{"from": ".deps/mame-src/COPYING", "to": "COPYING"}, {"from": ".deps/mame-src/docs/legal", "to": "legal"}],
+ "source": {"kind": "core", "build": "mame", "tree": ".deps/mame-src", "remote": "https://github.com/mihawk-99/PS5_MAME"},
+ "modifications": "The fork's commits over libretro/mame."
+ },
+ {
+ "id": "rpcs3",
+ "name": "RPCS3 (PlayStation 3), with its bundled third-party code, LLVM, FFmpeg and GNU libiconv",
+ "kind": "code",
+ "artifacts": ["cores/rpcs3_libretro.so", "system/RPCS3/Icons/**", "system/RPCS3/patches/**", "system/RPCS3/fonts/**"],
+ "licence": "GPL-2.0-only (RPCS3); wolfSSL under GPL-2.0 by its RPCS3 exception; Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception (LLVM); LGPL-2.1-or-later (FFmpeg, libiconv); OFL-1.1 (Inter); others per 3rdparty/",
+ "copyright": ["Copyright the RPCS3 team and contributors", "Copyright the LLVM project contributors", "Copyright the FFmpeg developers", "Copyright the Free Software Foundation (GNU libiconv)"],
+ "texts": [
+ {"from": ".deps/rpcs3-src/LICENSE", "to": "LICENSE"},
+ {"from": ".deps/rpcs3-src/3rdparty/wolfssl/wolfssl/LICENSING", "to": "wolfSSL-LICENSING"},
+ {"from": ["${LLVM}/llvm/LICENSE.TXT", "../PS5_LLVM/llvm/LICENSE.TXT"], "to": "LLVM-LICENSE.TXT"},
+ {"tar": ".deps/downloads/ffmpeg-8.1.1.tar.xz", "member": "ffmpeg-8.1.1/LICENSE.md", "to": "FFmpeg-LICENSE.md"},
+ {"tar": ".deps/downloads/ffmpeg-8.1.1.tar.xz", "member": "ffmpeg-8.1.1/COPYING.LGPLv2.1", "to": "FFmpeg-COPYING.LGPLv2.1"},
+ {"tar": ".deps/downloads/libiconv-1.18.tar.gz", "member": "libiconv-1.18/COPYING.LIB", "to": "libiconv-COPYING.LIB"}
+ ],
+ "source": {"kind": "core", "build": "rpcs3", "tree": ".deps/rpcs3-src", "extra": [{"git": ".deps/llvm-project", "pin": {"file": "tools/build-llvm.sh", "var": "revision"}, "paths": ["cmake", "llvm", "third-party"], "name": "llvm-project", "remote": "https://github.com/mihawk-99/PS5_LLVM"}, {"tarball": ".deps/downloads/ffmpeg-8.1.1.tar.xz"}, {"tarball": ".deps/downloads/libiconv-1.18.tar.gz"}, {"tarball": ".deps/downloads/vulkan-headers-1.4.354.tar.gz"}, {"tarball": ".deps/downloads/volk-1.4.350.1.tar.gz"}], "remote": "https://github.com/mihawk-99/PS5_RPCS3"},
+ "modifications": "The fork's commits over RPCS3/rpcs3; LLVM from mihawk-99/PS5_LLVM (tools/build-llvm.sh), FFmpeg and libiconv release tarballs (tools/build-ffmpeg.sh, tools/build-libiconv.sh). Not in a public release: see the audit's RPCS3 licence finding before shipping it."
+ }
+ ]
+}
diff --git a/tooling/notices/texts/OFL-1.1.txt b/tooling/notices/texts/OFL-1.1.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3934b47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tooling/notices/texts/OFL-1.1.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+The SIL Open Font License 1.1, verbatim. Copied from the LICENSE.txt of Inter 4.1
+(https://github.com/rsms/inter/releases/tag/v4.1), from the line that opens the licence;
+each font's own copyright line is recorded beside it in the title's licenses/ folder.
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+SIL OPEN FONT LICENSE Version 1.1 - 26 February 2007
+-----------------------------------------------------------
+
+PREAMBLE
+The goals of the Open Font License (OFL) are to stimulate worldwide
+development of collaborative font projects, to support the font creation
+efforts of academic and linguistic communities, and to provide a free and
+open framework in which fonts may be shared and improved in partnership
+with others.
+
+The OFL allows the licensed fonts to be used, studied, modified and
+redistributed freely as long as they are not sold by themselves. The
+fonts, including any derivative works, can be bundled, embedded,
+redistributed and/or sold with any software provided that any reserved
+names are not used by derivative works. The fonts and derivatives,
+however, cannot be released under any other type of license. The
+requirement for fonts to remain under this license does not apply
+to any document created using the fonts or their derivatives.
+
+DEFINITIONS
+"Font Software" refers to the set of files released by the Copyright
+Holder(s) under this license and clearly marked as such. This may
+include source files, build scripts and documentation.
+
+"Reserved Font Name" refers to any names specified as such after the
+copyright statement(s).
+
+"Original Version" refers to the collection of Font Software components as
+distributed by the Copyright Holder(s).
+
+"Modified Version" refers to any derivative made by adding to, deleting,
+or substituting -- in part or in whole -- any of the components of the
+Original Version, by changing formats or by porting the Font Software to a
+new environment.
+
+"Author" refers to any designer, engineer, programmer, technical
+writer or other person who contributed to the Font Software.
+
+PERMISSION AND CONDITIONS
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+a copy of the Font Software, to use, study, copy, merge, embed, modify,
+redistribute, and sell modified and unmodified copies of the Font
+Software, subject to the following conditions:
+
+1) Neither the Font Software nor any of its individual components,
+in Original or Modified Versions, may be sold by itself.
+
+2) Original or Modified Versions of the Font Software may be bundled,
+redistributed and/or sold with any software, provided that each copy
+contains the above copyright notice and this license. These can be
+included either as stand-alone text files, human-readable headers or
+in the appropriate machine-readable metadata fields within text or
+binary files as long as those fields can be easily viewed by the user.
+
+3) No Modified Version of the Font Software may use the Reserved Font
+Name(s) unless explicit written permission is granted by the corresponding
+Copyright Holder. This restriction only applies to the primary font name as
+presented to the users.
+
+4) The name(s) of the Copyright Holder(s) or the Author(s) of the Font
+Software shall not be used to promote, endorse or advertise any
+Modified Version, except to acknowledge the contribution(s) of the
+Copyright Holder(s) and the Author(s) or with their explicit written
+permission.
+
+5) The Font Software, modified or unmodified, in part or in whole,
+must be distributed entirely under this license, and must not be
+distributed under any other license. The requirement for fonts to
+remain under this license does not apply to any document created
+using the Font Software.
+
+TERMINATION
+This license becomes null and void if any of the above conditions are
+not met.
+
+DISCLAIMER
+THE FONT SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT
+OF COPYRIGHT, PATENT, TRADEMARK, OR OTHER RIGHT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+COPYRIGHT HOLDER BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
+INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+DAMAGES, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+FROM, OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE FONT SOFTWARE OR FROM
+OTHER DEALINGS IN THE FONT SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/tooling/notices/texts/libretro-core-info-COPYING.txt b/tooling/notices/texts/libretro-core-info-COPYING.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbfbe29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tooling/notices/texts/libretro-core-info-COPYING.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+libretro-core-info's licence (COPYING at 5a74858ab2f7a50cebb5a6330895bc38899531c0), which covers the
+core metadata (.info) files staged in info/ and cores/.
+
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2019 The RetroArch team
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/tools/build-title.sh b/tools/build-title.sh
index cdd64f1..51d24cd 100755
--- a/tools/build-title.sh
+++ b/tools/build-title.sh
@@ -376,6 +376,13 @@ else
"$icd" >&2
fi
+# The licences and notices the parts of this folder require, and the source revision
+# of each (tooling/notices/components.json, docs/RELEASING.md), written before the
+# manifest so the manifest covers them. It fails if a staged core is not the file its
+# build report describes.
+python3 "$root/tools/stage-notices.py" "$dist" --driver "$vulkan_driver" \
+ --vulkan-dir "$vulkan_dir" --release-tag "${PS5_RELEASE_TAG:-}"
+
# The manifest is recorded here, as part of building, because a folder published
# without one cannot be told apart from the folder published last week: this
# project has already produced a title folder whose eboot.bin was a raw link-stage
diff --git a/tools/check-notices.py b/tools/check-notices.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d552d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/check-notices.py
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+# Copyright (C) 2026 Mihawk
+"""Check a title folder's licenses/ against the files it ships.
+
+ python3 tools/check-notices.py [dist/PPSA99169] [--release]
+
+What it establishes, and nothing more:
+ - every executable file (eboot.bin, *.prx, *.so) and every core .info file belongs
+ to at least one listed part, and the sha256 recorded for it is the file's own;
+ - every listed licence text is present and not empty, and a text marked verbatim
+ (FBNeo's, Snes9x's, Genesis Plus GX's) is byte for byte the one staged;
+ - a part under non-commercial terms is marked as such;
+ - with --release, every part's source is at a committed revision and has an
+ address, which is what a published build needs.
+It does not decide whether a licence permits a combination; the audit does that.
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import fnmatch
+import hashlib
+import json
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+COVERED = ("eboot.bin", "sce_module/*.prx", "cores/*.so", "cores/*.info", "info/*.info")
+EXECUTABLE = ("eboot.bin", "*.prx", "*.so")
+
+
+def sha256(path):
+ return hashlib.sha256(Path(path).read_bytes()).hexdigest()
+
+
+def check(title, release=False):
+ problems = []
+ folder = title / "licenses"
+ table = folder / "components.json"
+ if not table.is_file():
+ return [f"{table} is missing; run tools/stage-notices.py"]
+ if not (folder / "README.txt").is_file():
+ problems.append("licenses/README.txt is missing")
+ components = json.loads(table.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))["components"]
+ owned = {}
+ for component in components:
+ for name in component["files"]:
+ owned.setdefault(name, []).append(component["id"])
+ for record in component.get("text_records", []):
+ path = folder / component["id"] / record["file"]
+ if not path.exists() or (path.is_file() and path.stat().st_size == 0):
+ problems.append(f"{component['id']}: licence text {record['file']} is missing or empty")
+ elif "sha256" in record and sha256(path) != record["sha256"]:
+ problems.append(f"{component['id']}: {record['file']} is not the verbatim text staged")
+ if component["kind"] == "code" and not component["texts"]:
+ problems.append(f"{component['id']}: code shipped with no licence text")
+ for name, recorded in component["executables"].items():
+ if not (title / name).is_file():
+ problems.append(f"{component['id']}: {name} is listed but not in the title")
+ elif sha256(title / name) != recorded:
+ problems.append(f"{component['id']}: {name} changed after its notice was staged")
+ if "LicenseRef" in component["licence"] and not component.get("noncommercial"):
+ problems.append(f"{component['id']}: custom licence not marked non-commercial or reviewed")
+ source = component["source"]
+ if release:
+ if source.get("dirty"):
+ problems.append(f"{component['id']}: built from uncommitted source")
+ if not source.get("url", "").startswith("https://"):
+ problems.append(f"{component['id']}: no published source address")
+ for path in sorted(p for p in title.rglob("*") if p.is_file()):
+ name = path.relative_to(title).as_posix()
+ if name.startswith("licenses/"):
+ continue
+ if any(fnmatch.fnmatchcase(name, pattern) for pattern in COVERED) and name not in owned:
+ problems.append(f"{name} belongs to no listed part")
+ if (any(fnmatch.fnmatchcase(path.name, p) for p in EXECUTABLE)
+ and not any(name in c["executables"] for c in components)):
+ problems.append(f"{name} has no recorded digest")
+ return problems
+
+
+def main(argv=None):
+ parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__.splitlines()[0])
+ parser.add_argument("title", type=Path, nargs="?",
+ help="the title folder (default: the one folder under dist/)")
+ parser.add_argument("--release", action="store_true",
+ help="also require committed, published source for every part")
+ args = parser.parse_args(argv)
+ if args.title is None:
+ built = sorted(Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent.glob("dist/PPSA[0-9]*"))
+ if len(built) != 1:
+ print("error: [notices] name the title folder; dist/ holds "
+ f"{len(built)} of them", file=sys.stderr)
+ return 2
+ args.title = built[0]
+ problems = check(args.title, args.release)
+ for problem in problems:
+ print(f" FAIL {problem}", file=sys.stderr)
+ if problems:
+ print(f"==> [notices] {len(problems)} problem(s) in {args.title}/licenses", file=sys.stderr)
+ return 1
+ print(f"==> [notices] {args.title}/licenses covers every shipped executable")
+ return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/tools/source-bundle.py b/tools/source-bundle.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bbcebd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/source-bundle.py
@@ -0,0 +1,209 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+# Copyright (C) 2026 Mihawk
+"""Archive the corresponding source of a staged title, one archive per part.
+
+ python3 tools/source-bundle.py dist/PPSA99169 OUT [--only a,b] [--skip a,b] [--list]
+ [--allow-dirty]
+
+It reads the title's licenses/components.json (tools/stage-notices.py) and writes, for
+each part that is code, the source at the revision recorded there:
+
+ a git source git archive of that revision, with every submodule the build
+ checked out, each at the commit the revision records for it
+ a core's tarball the pinned tarball the build verified (build.json's digest)
+ RetroArch vendor/retroarch, the pristine fetched tree, checked against its pin
+
+plus SHA256SUMS and SOURCES.txt, which say what each archive is. These are meant to be
+attached to the release beside the title ZIP (docs/RELEASING.md), so the source is
+offered from the same place as the binary. A part whose repository has uncommitted
+changes is refused unless --allow-dirty is given: its committed revision is not what
+was built. --list prints the plan without writing anything.
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import hashlib
+import io
+import json
+import re
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import tarfile
+from pathlib import Path
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+TABLE = ROOT / "tooling/notices/components.json"
+
+
+class BundleError(Exception):
+ pass
+
+
+def sha256(path):
+ digest = hashlib.sha256()
+ with open(path, "rb") as stream:
+ for block in iter(lambda: stream.read(1 << 20), b""):
+ digest.update(block)
+ return digest.hexdigest()
+
+
+def git(path, *args, binary=False):
+ result = subprocess.run(["git", "-C", str(path), *args], check=True, capture_output=True)
+ return result.stdout if binary else result.stdout.decode().strip()
+
+
+def pinned(spec, root):
+ text = (root / spec["file"]).read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+ found = re.search(r'^\s*' + re.escape(spec["var"]) + r'="?([^"\s#]+)', text, re.M)
+ if not found:
+ raise BundleError(f"no {spec['var']}= in {spec['file']}")
+ return found.group(1)
+
+
+def submodules(tree, revision, prefix=""):
+ """(path, commit, checkout) for each submodule initialised in TREE, recursively."""
+ found = []
+ listing = git(tree, "ls-tree", "-r", revision)
+ for line in listing.splitlines():
+ meta, path = line.split("\t", 1)
+ mode, kind, commit = meta.split()
+ if kind != "commit":
+ continue
+ checkout = tree / path
+ if not (checkout / ".git").exists():
+ continue # not checked out, so not part of what was built
+ found.append((prefix + path, commit, checkout))
+ found += submodules(checkout, commit, prefix + path + "/")
+ return found
+
+
+def git_archive(tree, revision, output, name, paths=(), with_submodules=True):
+ """One tar.gz: TREE at REVISION under NAME/, submodules appended at their paths."""
+ with tarfile.open(output, "w:gz") as bundle:
+ parts = [("", revision, tree)]
+ if with_submodules:
+ parts += submodules(tree, revision)
+ for path, commit, checkout in parts:
+ prefix = f"{name}/{path}/" if path else f"{name}/"
+ raw = git(checkout, "archive", "--format=tar", f"--prefix={prefix}", commit,
+ *(paths if not path else ()), binary=True)
+ with tarfile.open(fileobj=io.BytesIO(raw)) as part:
+ for member in part.getmembers():
+ if member.type == tarfile.XGLTYPE or member.name == "pax_global_header":
+ continue
+ bundle.addfile(member, part.extractfile(member) if member.isfile() else None)
+ return len(parts) - 1
+
+
+def plan(component, root):
+ """The archives to write for one part: a list of (filename, action, description)."""
+ source = component["source"]
+ kind, revision = source["kind"], source["revision"]
+ short = revision[:12]
+ cid = component["id"]
+ spec = next(c for c in json.loads(TABLE.read_text())["components"] if c["id"] == cid)["source"]
+ steps = []
+ if kind in ("git", "stamp", "provenance") or (kind == "core" and "tree" in spec):
+ if kind == "git":
+ tree = root / spec["path"].replace("${VULKAN}", "../PS5_Vulkan")
+ elif kind == "stamp":
+ tree = root / "../PS5_PayloadSDK"
+ elif kind == "provenance":
+ tree = root / ("../PS5_Mesa" if cid == "radv" else "../ps5-opengl-sdk-0.3.0")
+ else:
+ tree = root / spec["tree"]
+ # Parts from one repository share one archive, named after the repository.
+ name = cid if kind == "core" else tree.resolve().name
+ steps.append((f"{name}-{short}.tar.gz", ("git", tree, revision, ()), source.get("url", "")))
+ elif kind == "core":
+ digest = source.get("source_archive_sha256")
+ matches = [p for p in (root / ".deps/downloads").glob(f"*-{revision}.tar.gz")
+ if digest and sha256(p) == digest]
+ if not matches:
+ raise BundleError(f"{cid}: no downloaded tarball with the digest build.json records")
+ steps.append((matches[0].name, ("copy", matches[0]), source.get("url", "")))
+ elif kind == "pin" and cid == "retroarch":
+ stamp = (root / "vendor/retroarch/.rarch-revision").read_text().strip()
+ if stamp != revision:
+ raise BundleError(f"vendor/retroarch is at {stamp}, the pin is {revision}")
+ steps.append((f"retroarch-{short}.tar.gz", ("tree", root / "vendor/retroarch"), source.get("url", "")))
+ elif kind == "pin" and cid == "zlib":
+ tarball = root / f".deps/native/zlib/zlib-{revision}.tar.gz"
+ steps.append((tarball.name, ("copy", tarball), source.get("url", "")))
+ else:
+ return [] # a part with no source to archive here (see SOURCES.txt)
+ for extra in spec.get("extra", []):
+ if "tarball" in extra:
+ tarball = root / extra["tarball"]
+ steps.append((tarball.name, ("copy", tarball), f"used by {cid}"))
+ else:
+ rev = pinned(extra["pin"], root)
+ steps.append((f"{extra['name']}-{rev[:12]}.tar.gz",
+ ("git", root / extra["git"], rev, tuple(extra.get("paths", ()))),
+ f"{extra.get('remote', '')}/tree/{rev} (used by {cid})"))
+ return steps
+
+
+def main(argv=None):
+ parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__.splitlines()[0])
+ parser.add_argument("title", type=Path)
+ parser.add_argument("out", type=Path)
+ parser.add_argument("--only", default="")
+ parser.add_argument("--skip", default="")
+ parser.add_argument("--list", action="store_true")
+ parser.add_argument("--allow-dirty", action="store_true")
+ args = parser.parse_args(argv)
+ staged = json.loads((args.title / "licenses/components.json").read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+ only = set(filter(None, args.only.split(",")))
+ skip = set(filter(None, args.skip.split(",")))
+ written, index, done = [], [], set()
+ try:
+ for component in staged["components"]:
+ cid = component["id"]
+ if component["kind"] != "code" or (only and cid not in only) or cid in skip:
+ continue
+ if component["source"].get("dirty") and not args.allow_dirty:
+ raise BundleError(f"{cid}: built from uncommitted source (commit it, or --allow-dirty)")
+ steps = plan(component, ROOT)
+ if not steps:
+ # Nothing archived here: say where the source is, so the index is complete.
+ index.append(f"-\t{cid}\t{component['source'].get('url', component['source']['revision'])}")
+ for filename, action, where in steps:
+ if filename in done:
+ continue
+ done.add(filename)
+ index.append(f"{filename}\t{cid}\t{where}")
+ if args.list:
+ print(f"{cid:18} {filename} <- {action[0]} {action[1]}")
+ continue
+ args.out.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+ target = args.out / filename
+ if action[0] == "copy":
+ shutil.copyfile(action[1], target)
+ elif action[0] == "tree":
+ with tarfile.open(target, "w:gz") as bundle:
+ bundle.add(action[1], arcname=filename[:-len(".tar.gz")],
+ filter=lambda m: None if m.name.endswith(".rarch-revision") else m)
+ else:
+ count = git_archive(action[1], action[2], target, filename[:-len(".tar.gz")],
+ action[3])
+ print(f"==> [source] {filename}: {count} submodules")
+ written.append(target)
+ except (BundleError, OSError, subprocess.CalledProcessError, StopIteration) as error:
+ print(f"error: [source] {error}", file=sys.stderr)
+ return 2
+ if args.list:
+ return 0
+ args.out.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+ (args.out / "SOURCES.txt").write_text(
+ "archive\tpart\tpublished at\n" + "\n".join(index) + "\n", encoding="utf-8")
+ with open(args.out / "SHA256SUMS", "w", encoding="utf-8") as sums:
+ for path in sorted(args.out.glob("*.tar*")):
+ sums.write(f"{sha256(path)} {path.name}\n")
+ print(f"==> [source] {len(written)} archives in {args.out}")
+ return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/tools/stage-notices.py b/tools/stage-notices.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a3e144
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/stage-notices.py
@@ -0,0 +1,284 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+# Copyright (C) 2026 Mihawk
+"""Write licenses/ into a built title folder.
+
+ python3 tools/stage-notices.py dist/PPSA99169 [--driver radv|ps5vk] [--release-tag TAG]
+
+Every part of the title is listed in tooling/notices/components.json with its licence,
+the licence texts that must travel with it and where its source is. This copies those
+texts from the source trees the build used, and writes two files beside them:
+
+ licenses/components.json each part's licence, source revision and URL, and the
+ sha256 of each executable file it went into
+ licenses/README.txt the same for a person reading the folder
+
+A core is tied to its source by its build report (build/cores//build.json): the
+digest recorded there must be the digest of the staged file, or this fails. RADV is tied
+to PS5_Mesa by the release archive's PROVENANCE.txt, whose archive digest is checked.
+tools/check-notices.py verifies the result; tools/source-bundle.py archives the sources.
+"""
+
+import argparse
+import fnmatch
+import hashlib
+import json
+import os
+import re
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import tarfile
+from pathlib import Path
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+TABLE = ROOT / "tooling/notices/components.json"
+EXECUTABLE = ("eboot.bin", "*.prx", "*.so")
+
+
+class NoticeError(Exception):
+ pass
+
+
+def sha256(path):
+ digest = hashlib.sha256()
+ with open(path, "rb") as stream:
+ for block in iter(lambda: stream.read(1 << 20), b""):
+ digest.update(block)
+ return digest.hexdigest()
+
+
+def expand(text, tokens):
+ for name, value in tokens.items():
+ text = text.replace("${" + name + "}", value)
+ return text
+
+
+def resolve(path, tokens, root):
+ candidate = Path(expand(path, tokens))
+ return candidate if candidate.is_absolute() else root / candidate
+
+
+def title_files(title):
+ return sorted(p.relative_to(title).as_posix() for p in title.rglob("*")
+ if p.is_file() and not p.relative_to(title).as_posix().startswith("licenses/"))
+
+
+def matches(pattern, files):
+ return [f for f in files if fnmatch.fnmatchcase(f, pattern)]
+
+
+def git(path, *args):
+ return subprocess.run(["git", "-C", str(path), *args], check=True, text=True,
+ capture_output=True).stdout.strip()
+
+
+def source_of(component, tokens, root, title):
+ """The revision and URL of a component's source, and whether it is committed."""
+ spec = component["source"]
+ kind = spec["kind"]
+ info = {"kind": kind}
+ if kind == "git":
+ path = resolve(spec["path"], tokens, root)
+ info["revision"] = git(path, "rev-parse", "HEAD")
+ # Tracked changes only: ignored build output is not source.
+ info["dirty"] = bool(git(path, "status", "--porcelain", "--untracked-files=no"))
+ elif kind == "pin":
+ text = resolve(spec["file"], tokens, root).read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+ found = re.search(r'^\s*' + re.escape(spec["var"]) + r'="?([^"\s#]+)', text, re.M)
+ if not found:
+ raise NoticeError(f"{component['id']}: no {spec['var']}= in {spec['file']}")
+ info["revision"] = found.group(1)
+ info["pinned_in"] = spec["file"]
+ elif kind == "stamp":
+ # The revision the installed tree records, which is what was linked; the pin
+ # that installs it must agree, or the build used something else.
+ info["revision"] = resolve(spec["file"], tokens, root).read_text().split()[0]
+ pinned = source_of({"id": component["id"], "source": {"kind": "pin", **spec["pin"]}},
+ tokens, root, title)["revision"]
+ if pinned != info["revision"]:
+ raise NoticeError(f"{component['id']}: {spec['file']} records {info['revision']}, "
+ f"but {spec['pin']['file']} pins {pinned}; rerun the build")
+ info["pinned_in"] = spec["pin"]["file"]
+ elif kind == "json":
+ data = json.loads(resolve(spec["file"], tokens, root).read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+ info["revision"] = data[spec["key"]]
+ elif kind == "provenance":
+ text = resolve(spec["file"], tokens, root).read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+ fields = dict(line.split(":", 1) for line in text.splitlines() if ":" in line)
+ fields = {k.strip(): v.strip() for k, v in fields.items()}
+ info["revision"] = fields[spec["key"]].split()[0]
+ if "archive" in spec:
+ archive = resolve(spec["archive"], tokens, root)
+ recorded = fields.get("archive sha256")
+ if recorded and sha256(archive) != recorded:
+ raise NoticeError(f"{component['id']}: {archive} is not the archive its "
+ "PROVENANCE.txt describes")
+ info["archive_sha256"] = recorded
+ elif kind == "core":
+ report = json.loads((root / "build/cores" / spec["build"] / "build.json").read_text())
+ staged = [f for f in component["artifacts"] if f.endswith(".so")]
+ for name in staged:
+ path = title / name
+ if path.is_file() and sha256(path) != report["sha256"]:
+ raise NoticeError(f"{component['id']}: {name} is not the file "
+ f"build/cores/{spec['build']}/build.json describes")
+ info["revision"] = report["source_revision"]
+ for key in ("source_archive_sha256", "source_submodules", "port_inputs_sha256"):
+ if report.get(key):
+ info[key] = report[key]
+ elif kind == "fixed":
+ info["revision"] = spec["revision"]
+ else:
+ raise NoticeError(f"{component['id']}: unknown source kind {kind}")
+ if "url" in spec:
+ info["url"] = spec["url"].replace("{rev}", info["revision"])
+ elif "remote" in spec:
+ info["url"] = f"{spec['remote']}/tree/{info['revision']}"
+ return info
+
+
+def copy_text(entry, tokens, root, target):
+ """Copy one licence text (a file, a directory or a tarball member)."""
+ destination = target / entry["to"]
+ destination.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+ if "tar" in entry:
+ archive = resolve(entry["tar"], tokens, root)
+ with tarfile.open(archive) as tar:
+ member = tar.extractfile(entry["member"])
+ if member is None:
+ raise NoticeError(f"{archive} has no {entry['member']}")
+ destination.write_bytes(member.read())
+ return f"{entry['tar']}:{entry['member']}"
+ choices = entry["from"] if isinstance(entry["from"], list) else [entry["from"]]
+ for choice in choices:
+ source = resolve(choice, tokens, root)
+ if source.is_dir():
+ shutil.copytree(source, destination)
+ return choice
+ if source.is_file():
+ if "head" in entry:
+ lines = source.read_text(encoding="utf-8", errors="replace").splitlines(True)
+ destination.write_text("".join(lines[:entry["head"]]), encoding="utf-8")
+ else:
+ shutil.copyfile(source, destination)
+ return choice
+ raise NoticeError(f"licence text not found: {' or '.join(choices)}")
+
+
+def readme(components, tag):
+ lines = [
+ "PS5 RetroArch - licences, notices and sources",
+ "=" * 45,
+ "",
+ f"Release: {tag or 'a development build (no release tag given)'}",
+ "",
+ "This folder lists every part of this title, the licence each is under, the",
+ "licence texts those licences require to travel with it, and the exact source",
+ "revision each part was built from. components.json holds the same, with the",
+ "sha256 of every executable file.",
+ "",
+ "Corresponding source: each part's source is published at the address given",
+ "for it below, at the revision given. The release page this title was",
+ "downloaded from also carries the release's source archives (made by",
+ "tools/source-bundle.py in PS5_RetroArch), including this port's patches and",
+ "the scripts that build and install the title (tools/build-title.sh).",
+ "",
+ "Not included: no games, BIOS files, console firmware or decryption keys. The",
+ "emulators need the ones you supply from your own hardware and media.",
+ "",
+ ]
+ noncommercial = [c for c in components if c.get("noncommercial")]
+ if noncommercial:
+ lines += ["Non-commercial terms", "--------------------",
+ "These parts may not be sold or used commercially under their own licences:",
+ *[f" - {c['name']} ({c['licence']})" for c in noncommercial], ""]
+ lines += ["Parts", "-----", ""]
+ for c in components:
+ source = c["source"]
+ lines += [
+ c["name"],
+ f" kind: {c['kind']}",
+ f" licence: {c['licence']}",
+ *[f" copyright: {line}" for line in c.get("copyright", [])],
+ f" texts: {', '.join(c['id'] + '/' + t for t in c['texts']) or '-'}",
+ f" source: {source.get('url', source['revision'])}",
+ f" revision: {source['revision']}" + (" (uncommitted changes)" if source.get("dirty") else ""),
+ f" changes: {c.get('modifications', '-')}",
+ f" files: {', '.join(sorted(c['files'])[:6])}" + (" ..." if len(c["files"]) > 6 else ""),
+ "",
+ ]
+ lines += ["PlayStation and PS5 are trademarks of Sony Interactive Entertainment. This",
+ "is an independent homebrew project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Sony",
+ "Interactive Entertainment, the Khronos Group or the libretro project.", ""]
+ return "\n".join(lines)
+
+
+def stage(title, driver, tag, tokens, root=ROOT, table=TABLE):
+ table = json.loads(Path(table).read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+ files = title_files(title)
+ target = title / "licenses"
+ if target.exists():
+ shutil.rmtree(target)
+ target.mkdir()
+ staged = []
+ for component in table["components"]:
+ if component.get("driver") not in (None, driver):
+ continue
+ present = sorted({f for p in component["artifacts"] for f in matches(p, files)})
+ if not present and not component.get("always"):
+ continue
+ if not present:
+ raise NoticeError(f"{component['id']}: none of {component['artifacts']} is in {title}")
+ texts = []
+ folder = target / component["id"]
+ folder.mkdir()
+ for entry in component["texts"]:
+ origin = copy_text(entry, tokens, root, folder)
+ record = {"file": entry["to"], "from": origin}
+ if entry.get("verbatim"):
+ record["sha256"] = sha256(folder / entry["to"])
+ texts.append(record)
+ executables = {f: sha256(title / f) for f in present
+ if any(fnmatch.fnmatchcase(Path(f).name, p) for p in EXECUTABLE)}
+ staged.append({
+ "id": component["id"], "name": component["name"], "kind": component["kind"],
+ "licence": component["licence"], "noncommercial": bool(component.get("noncommercial")),
+ "copyright": component.get("copyright", []), "modifications": component.get("modifications"),
+ "texts": [t["file"] for t in texts], "text_records": texts,
+ "source": source_of(component, tokens, root, title),
+ "files": present, "executables": executables,
+ })
+ (target / "components.json").write_text(
+ json.dumps({"schema": 1, "release": tag, "driver": driver, "components": staged},
+ indent=2, ensure_ascii=False) + "\n", encoding="utf-8")
+ (target / "README.txt").write_text(readme(staged, tag), encoding="utf-8")
+ return staged
+
+
+def main(argv=None):
+ parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__.splitlines()[0])
+ parser.add_argument("title", type=Path)
+ parser.add_argument("--driver", default=os.environ.get("PS5_VULKAN_DRIVER", "radv"),
+ choices=("radv", "ps5vk"))
+ parser.add_argument("--release-tag", default="")
+ parser.add_argument("--vulkan-dir", default=os.environ.get("PS5_VULKAN_DIR", "../PS5_Vulkan"))
+ parser.add_argument("--sdk-fork", default="../PS5_PayloadSDK")
+ parser.add_argument("--llvm", default=".deps/llvm-project")
+ args = parser.parse_args(argv)
+ tokens = {"VULKAN": args.vulkan_dir, "SDK_FORK": args.sdk_fork, "LLVM": args.llvm}
+ try:
+ staged = stage(args.title.resolve(), args.driver, args.release_tag, tokens)
+ except (NoticeError, OSError, KeyError, subprocess.CalledProcessError) as error:
+ print(f"error: [notices] {error}", file=sys.stderr)
+ return 2
+ dirty = [c["id"] for c in staged if c["source"].get("dirty")]
+ print(f"==> [notices] {len(staged)} parts, licences in {args.title}/licenses")
+ if dirty:
+ print(f"==> [notices] uncommitted source in: {', '.join(dirty)} "
+ "(a release needs committed, published source)")
+ return 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/tools/verify.sh b/tools/verify.sh
index a4c77ab..a97f0dd 100755
--- a/tools/verify.sh
+++ b/tools/verify.sh
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ gate_integration() {
require tools/check-manifest.sh || return 1
make test-integration
bash tools/check-manifest.sh
+ python3 tools/check-notices.py
}
gate_evidence() {
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ case "${1:-}" in
format 'bash tools/lint-shell.sh && bash tools/lint-format.sh' \
unit 'make test-unit' \
build 'bash tools/build-title.sh' \
- integration 'make test-integration && bash tools/check-manifest.sh' \
+ integration 'make test-integration && bash tools/check-manifest.sh && python3 tools/check-notices.py' \
evidence 'python3 tools/evidence.py compare evidence/'
exit 0
;;