[Bug 1590358] Re: universe description incorrectly suggests software may be non-free

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Title:
  universe description incorrectly suggests software may be non-free

Status in apt-setup package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in apt-setup source package in Xenial:
  In Progress
Status in apt-setup source package in Yakkety:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  [Impact]
  This is written in /etc/apt/sources.list in every new install.

  [Test case]
  1) cat /etc/apt/sources.list

  [Regression potential]
  None

  ---

  The comment above the universe section of sources.list in both desktop
  and server installs of xenial is the same as that for multiverse:

  ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
  ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
  ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
  ## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
  ## team.

  This changed between wily and xenial (with the upload of
  1:0.104ubuntu1); previously, it correctly read:

  ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
  ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
  ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.

  This old comment should be restored.

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