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+Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
+Upstream-Name: libcapsule
+Source: https://gitlab.collabora.com/vivek/libcapsule
+
+Files:
+ *
+ debian/*
+Copyright:
+ © 1999-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ © 2017 Collabora Ltd.
+License: LGPL-2.1+
+
+License: LGPL-2.1+
+ libcapsule is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
+ published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the
+ License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ .
+ libcapsule 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ .
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+Comment:
+ On Debian systems, the full text of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ version 2.1 can be found in the file '/usr/share/common-licenses/LGPL-2.1'.