[Bug 610108] Re: invalid (formatted) copyright syntax

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This bug was fixed in the package base-passwd - 3.5.49

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base-passwd (3.5.49) unstable; urgency=medium

  [ Bastian Germann ]
  * d/copyright: Fix public-domain paragraph (closes: #972495, LP: #610108).

 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson at debian.org>  Sat, 06 Feb 2021 17:48:56 +0000

** Changed in: base-passwd (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Fix Released

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Title:
  invalid (formatted) copyright syntax

Status in base-passwd package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: base-passwd

  base-passwd source pkg (version 3.5.22 anyway) has a debian copyright
  file that is not quite valid with respect to the draft specification
  for formatted copyright files
  (http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/dep/web/deps/dep5.mdwn).

  Thus my license parser denotes it as invalid.

  Why:
  It asserts a license: "PD" here:
  "
  Files: passwd.master, group.master
  License: PD
  ...
  "
  But it does not provide a link to the (on-disk) PD license nor does it provide the enumerated license text in a free-standing stanza, like this:
  "\n
  License: PD
  (TEXT)
  "

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