ignoring autotool in debian/copyright?

[Fabian Greffrath]

Am 01.12.2011 20:54, schrieb Jonas Smedegaard:
> kudos and good relations are ways to pay respect too.  But none of those
> pay respect specifically to the work upstream have put into carefully
> deciding on a specific licensing for the work.

I don't think the puspose of debian/copyright is to show appreciation 
to upstream for wisely chosing this or that license. As Felipe already 
pointed out, it is a legal technical document.