[Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#334870: copyright file lacks author

[Andreas Jellinghaus]

Package: login
Version: 1:4.0.3-31sarge5
Severity: normal

from the copyright file:
Source file src/su.c contains a chunk of code cribbed from the GNU su.c,
which is covered by the GNU General Public License:

On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public
License can be found in '/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL'


The GPL states:
  1. You may copy and distribute verbatim copies of the Program's
source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you
conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate
copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty; keep intact all the
notices that refer to this License and to the absence of any warranty;
and give any other recipients of the Program a copy of this License
along with the Program.


an appropriate copyright notice includes the name of the copyright holder.
So pleae add it. usualy you can simply cut&paste all those "(C)" or "(c)"
or "copyright" line. 

"disclaimer of warranty" is also needed, usualy you need to copy this block:
    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 2 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, write to the Free Software
    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA

only the last paragraph can be replaced, the rest is required.
IT IS important to check whether the source uses or omites the 
", or ... any later version." part, so please quote that.

Thank you for respecting copyrighted work and the license terms of
the GPL.

Regards, Andreas