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

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Message-Id: <20200920222556.10002-4-guillem@hadrons.org>
Date:   Mon, 21 Sep 2020 00:25:52 +0200
From:   Guillem Jover <guillem@...rons.org>
To:     linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 3/7] builddeb: Switch to a machine readable copyright file

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@...rons.org>
---
 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