No, I am not upstream.
Originally, the orig.tar.gz upstream released lacked the COPYING file.
Naturally, I informed upstream of this issue and it was added to svn promptly.
Therefore, I added COPYING to the orig.tar.gz myself, but neglected to move out the debian folder beforehand.
This is all documented in debian/changelog, including the KDE svn revision where the file was added.
No, I am not upstream.
Originally, the orig.tar.gz upstream released lacked the COPYING file.
Naturally, I informed upstream of this issue and it was added to svn promptly.
Therefore, I added COPYING to the orig.tar.gz myself, but neglected to move out the debian folder beforehand.
This is all documented in debian/changelog, including the KDE svn revision where the file was added.