[Pkg-phototools-devel] Bug#592559: formatted copyright file errors

[Kamus]

Package: libgphoto2-2
Version: 2.4.6-1

This report was originally filled at:
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgphoto2/+bug/611364


Hi,

The debian/copyright file is formatted (per draft Dep5) but has errors
respecting the current version of the spec.
(http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/dep/web/deps/dep5.mdwn?op=file&rev=135).
It is marked invalid by my copyright parser and therefore licenses and
copyrights cannot be reliably extracted.

I'll attach three items:
 * a report of the copyright generated by my copyright parser. I
generated this after fixing the copyright's first line so that it is
recognized as formatted. This shows that many of the errors are in
using free form text in "License: " lines, which is not allowed.
Spaces delimit license assertions. Every asserted license must be
either defined in place, or have a free standing stanza to define it,
or be a well-known short license name per the spec. Because "NONE" is
asserted as a license, I added a "License: NONE" free-standing stanza
whose text indicates that no license is asserted. I also added a
GPL-improper stanza (reluctantly) to handle this case, which needs
review. Also, every "Files: " stanza MUST have a "License: " line (a
required field), even though that seems redundant, but this aids
readability.
 * report of the copyright generated after I fixed it.
 * a bzr diff that contains the fixes.

Please review changes for accuracy and apply.

[1]http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52697032/bzr_diff.patch

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