[PATCH 3/7] builddeb: Switch to a machine readable copyright file

From: Guillem Jover
Date: Sun Sep 20 2020 - 18:48:23 EST


This format makes it possible to automatically process the licenses
within a system for compatibility or compliance checks, for example.
Update the copyright years.

Signed-off-by: Guillem Jover <guillem@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/package/mkdebian | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/package/mkdebian b/scripts/package/mkdebian
index cd2c8c39aa54..69f2a6d7f009 100755
--- a/scripts/package/mkdebian
+++ b/scripts/package/mkdebian
@@ -157,19 +157,29 @@ EOF

# Generate copyright file
cat <<EOF > debian/copyright
-This is a packacked upstream version of the Linux kernel.
-
-The sources may be found at most Linux archive sites, including:
-https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel
-
-Copyright: 1991 - 2018 Linus Torvalds and others.
-
- 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; version 2 dated June, 1991.
-
-On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public
-License version 2 can be found in \`/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'.
+Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
+Source: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel
+
+Files: *
+Copyright:
+ 1991-2020 Linus Torvalds and others.
+License: GPL-2
+
+License: GPL-2
+ 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; version 2 dated June, 1991.
+ .
+ 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, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+Comment:
+ On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License
+ version 2 can be found in '/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'.
EOF

# Generate a control file
--
2.28.0.297.g1956fa8f8d