Bug#870736: licensecheck skips LICENSE.* files

[Pirate Praveen]

package: licensecheck
version: 3.0.30-1
severity: important

Currently you have to manually give LICENSE as an option even if you give *.

pravi at nishumbha:~/forge/debian/git/pkg-ruby-extras/ruby-secure-headers$
licensecheck -l0 --deb-machine -r *
Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Upstream-Name: FIXME
Upstream-Contact: FIXME
Source: FIXME
Disclaimer: Autogenerated by licensecheck

Files: CHANGELOG.md
 debian/changelog
 debian/compat
 debian/control
 debian/patches/series
 debian/rules
 debian/source/format
 debian/watch
 lib/secure_headers.rb
 lib/secure_headers/configuration.rb
 lib/secure_headers/hash_helper.rb
 lib/secure_headers/headers/content_security_policy.rb
 lib/secure_headers/headers/content_security_policy_config.rb
 lib/secure_headers/headers/cookie.rb
 lib/secure_headers/headers/policy_management.rb
 lib/secure_headers/headers/public_key_pins.rb
 lib/secure_headers/headers/referrer_policy.rb
 lib/secure_headers/headers/strict_transport_security.rb
 lib/secure_headers/headers/x_content_type_options.rb
 lib/secure_headers/headers/x_download_options.rb
 lib/secure_headers/headers/x_frame_options.rb
 lib/secure_headers/headers/x_permitted_cross_domain_policies.rb
 lib/secure_headers/headers/x_xss_protection.rb
 lib/secure_headers/middleware.rb
 lib/secure_headers/railtie.rb
 lib/secure_headers/utils/cookies_config.rb
 lib/secure_headers/view_helper.rb
 spec/lib/secure_headers/configuration_spec.rb
 spec/lib/secure_headers/headers/content_security_policy_spec.rb
 spec/lib/secure_headers/headers/cookie_spec.rb
 spec/lib/secure_headers/headers/policy_management_spec.rb
 spec/lib/secure_headers/headers/public_key_pins_spec.rb
 spec/lib/secure_headers/headers/referrer_policy_spec.rb
 spec/lib/secure_headers/headers/strict_transport_security_spec.rb
 spec/lib/secure_headers/headers/x_content_type_options_spec.rb
 spec/lib/secure_headers/headers/x_download_options_spec.rb
 spec/lib/secure_headers/headers/x_frame_options_spec.rb
 spec/lib/secure_headers/headers/x_permitted_cross_domain_policies_spec.rb
 spec/lib/secure_headers/headers/x_xss_protection_spec.rb
 spec/lib/secure_headers/middleware_spec.rb
 spec/lib/secure_headers/view_helpers_spec.rb
 spec/lib/secure_headers_spec.rb
 spec/spec_helper.rb
 upgrading-to-3-0.md
Copyright: NONE
License: UNKNOWN
 FIXME

Files: debian/copyright
Copyright: -format/1.0/
  2011, Julio Capote
  2017, Abhijith PA <abhijith at openmailbox.org>
License: Apache-2.0
 FIXME

Files: README.md
Copyright: 2013-2014, Twitter, Inc and other contributors.
License: Apache-2.0
 FIXME

If you manually specify LICENSE as file
pravi at nishumbha:~/forge/debian/git/pkg-ruby-extras/ruby-secure-headers$
licensecheck -l0 --deb-machine -r LICENSE
Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Upstream-Name: FIXME
Upstream-Contact: FIXME
Source: FIXME
Disclaimer: Autogenerated by licensecheck

Files: LICENSE
Copyright: 2011, Julio Capote, Christopher Burnett
  License. Subject to the terms and conditions of
  You must retain, in the Source form of any Derivative Works
  license to reproduce, prepare Derivative Works of,
  patent, trademark, and
License: Apache-2.0
 FIXME

I think any file named LICENSE or COPYING (case insensitive with any
file extension like txt or md) should be considered by default by
licensecheck.

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