[Bug 1466098] Re: licensecheck fails to parse copyright if a / is contained

[Didier Roche]

After some analysis, it started in 2.15.5.

The commit creating it is https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/collab-maint/devscripts.git/commit/?id=97ac51f54568728618695b92907a8ac4b87a1709, more especially, due to this change:
-            if ($match !~ m%^\s*$copyright_disindicator_regex%ix) {
+            if ($match !~ $copyright_disindicator_regex) {


If we revert that one, with devscript 2.15.5, I can get the digia copyright back:
  [Copyright: 2014 Digia Plc and/or its subsidiary(-ies)]

I'm unsure about that change (and ther other optimization related into
that commit). I guess we can introduce one test for that use case.
Opening the bug in debian BTS for this.

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Title:
  licensecheck fails to parse copyright if a / is contained

Status in devscripts package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Since the last update in wily, licensecheck fails to recognize
  copyright headers of this format:

  Copyright (C) 2013 Digia Plc and/or its subsidiary(-ies).

  Seems removing the "/" makes it pass again. This is the standard
  format used in Qt copyright headers and it looks fine to me. Previous
  versions of licensecheck parsed this fine.

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