Public bug reported:

The entire text of the copyright file for the account-plugins package
is:

<snip>
Format: http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep5
Upstream-Name: online-accounts-account-plugins
Upstream-Contact: Alberto Mardegan <alberto.marde...@canonical.com>
Source: https://launchpad.net/online-accounts-account-plugins

Files: *
Copyright: 2012 Canonical Ltd.
License: GPL-2+

Files: src/windows-live.vala
Copyright: 2012 Collabora Ltd.
License: GPL-2+

Files: debian/*
Copyright: 2012 Ken VanDine <ken.vand...@canonical.com>
License: GPL-2+

License: GPL-2+
 On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General
 Public License version 2 can be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2".
<snip>

This means that, contrary to the requirements of the GPL, this package
is not shipping a disclaimer of warranty with the binary.

A correct (and typical) copyright notice for this package would be:

License: GPL-2+
 This package 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 package 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 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
.
 On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General
 Public License version 2 can be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2".

** Affects: account-plugins (Ubuntu)
     Importance: High
         Status: New

** Changed in: account-plugins (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => High

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1201997

Title:
  wrong debian/copyright violates the GPLv2

Status in “account-plugins” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The entire text of the copyright file for the account-plugins package
  is:

  <snip>
  Format: http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep5
  Upstream-Name: online-accounts-account-plugins
  Upstream-Contact: Alberto Mardegan <alberto.marde...@canonical.com>
  Source: https://launchpad.net/online-accounts-account-plugins

  Files: *
  Copyright: 2012 Canonical Ltd.
  License: GPL-2+

  Files: src/windows-live.vala
  Copyright: 2012 Collabora Ltd.
  License: GPL-2+

  Files: debian/*
  Copyright: 2012 Ken VanDine <ken.vand...@canonical.com>
  License: GPL-2+

  License: GPL-2+
   On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General
   Public License version 2 can be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2".
  <snip>

  This means that, contrary to the requirements of the GPL, this package
  is not shipping a disclaimer of warranty with the binary.

  A correct (and typical) copyright notice for this package would be:

  License: GPL-2+
   This package 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 package 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 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
  .
   On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General
   Public License version 2 can be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2".

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