On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 09:06:26AM +0200, Dominique Dumont wrote: > You can also try "cme update dpkg-copyright". > > See > https://github.com/dod38fr/config-model/wiki/Updating-debian-copyright-file-with-cme > for instructions,
Bad advice, I'm afraid. Here's a typical result of using cme: https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-fonts/ttfautohint.git/commit/?id=8a0a29b8ef50fb4e7316826a916167fd66acdd5f All of the output is obviously bogus, both the claim that almost everything is "FTL or GPL-2+" or the oft-repeated Comment: about Freetype license. It's not an isolated case, too: I tried cme's "scan-copyright" on a few packages (not many, I admit), and have yet to see a case when cme's output is fit even as a start for manual review. It appears that it relies on the dubious practice of copying a page of licensing boilerplate into every source file. This practice is a source of controversy, with many arguments for and against so let's not discuss its merit here (as it's a question for upstream not you). But even if such boilerplate is included, in most cases it's worthless as it says only who _started_ coding the given file. Collecting accurate copyright information is not as easy as running a simple tool... -- A tit a day keeps the vet away.
