wrong debian/copyright violates the GPLv2

Bug #1201997 reported by Steve Langasek
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account-plugins (Ubuntu)
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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 <email address hidden>
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 <email address hidden>
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".

Steve Langasek (vorlon)
Changed in account-plugins (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
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