Package: libstring-copyright-perl Version: 0.003003-1 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer,
licensecheck returns dubious information: $ licensecheck --copyright src/strings/unicode_db.c src/strings/unicode_db.c: GENERATED FILE [Copyright: there is clear notice in each] unicode_db.c is indeed a generated file but has a © statement (which used to be extracted). Here's the header of the file: +++++++++++++++++ * DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! YOU WILL LOSE YOUR CHANGES! This file is generated by ucd2c.pl from the Unicode database. from http://unicode.org/copyright.html#Exhibit1 on 2012-07-20: COPYRIGHT AND PERMISSION NOTICE Copyright ?1991-2012 Unicode, Inc. All rights reserved. Distributed under the Terms of Use in http://www.unicode.org/copyright.html. Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of the Unicode data files and any associated documentation (the "Data Files") or Unicode software and any associated documentation (the "Software") to deal in the Data Files or Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, and/or sell copies of the Data Files or Software, and to permit persons to whom the Data Files or Software are furnished to do so, provided that (a) the above copyright notice(s) and this permission notice appear with all copies of the Data Files or Software, (b) both the above copyright notice(s) and this permission notice appear in associated documentation, and (c) there is clear notice in each modified Data File or in the Software as well as in the documentation associated with the Data File(s) or Software that the data or software has been modified. ++++++++++++++++++++ I guess that String::Copyright is confused by the itemized list made of (a) (b) and (c). The whole file can be retrieved there: https://github.com/MoarVM/MoarVM/blob/master/src/strings/unicode_db.c?raw=true All the best -- System Information: Debian Release: stretch/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386, armhf Kernel: Linux 4.7.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages libstring-copyright-perl depends on: ii libexporter-tiny-perl 0.042-1 ii libnumber-range-perl 0.12-1 ii perl 5.22.2-5 libstring-copyright-perl recommends no packages. libstring-copyright-perl suggests no packages. -- no debconf information