Bug#714835: licensecheck: GPL-3+ not detected in Emacs Lisp file

[Jari Aalto]

Package: devscripts
Version: 2.13.2
Severity: normal

Example run:

    $ licensecheck db-lemacs.el
    db-lemacs.el: UNKNOWN

This would appear to ge GPL-3+:

    $  head -20 db-lemacs.el
    ;;; db-lemacs.el --- part of EDB, the Emacs database

    ;; Copyright (C) 2004,2005,2006,2007,2008 Thien-Thi Nguyen

    ;; This file is part of EDB.
    ;;
    ;; EDB 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 3, or (at your option) any later
    ;; version.
    ;;
    ;; EDB 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 EDB; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
    ;; Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
    ;; MA 02110-1301, USA.


-- Package-specific info:

--- /etc/devscripts.conf ---

--- ~/.devscripts ---
Not present

-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DK.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages devscripts depends on:
ii  dpkg-dev  1.16.10
ii  libc6     2.17-3
ii  perl      5.14.2-21
ii  python3   3.2.3-7

Versions of packages devscripts recommends:
ii  at                        3.1.13-2
ii  curl                      7.30.0-2
ii  dctrl-tools               2.23
ii  debian-keyring            2013.04.21
ii  dput                      0.9.6.3+nmu2
pn  equivs                    <none>
ii  fakeroot                  1.19-2
ii  gnupg                     1.4.12-7
ii  libcrypt-ssleay-perl      0.58-1
ii  libdistro-info-perl       0.10
ii  libencode-locale-perl     1.03-1
ii  libjson-perl              2.58-1
ii  libparse-debcontrol-perl  2.005-4
ii  libsoap-lite-perl         0.714-1
ii  liburi-perl               1.60-1
ii  libwww-perl               6.04-1
ii  lintian                   2.5.13
ii  man-db                    2.6.3-7
ii  patch                     2.6.1-3
ii  patchutils                0.3.2-2
ii  python3-debian            0.1.21+nmu2
ii  python3-magic             1:5.14-2
ii  sensible-utils            0.0.9
ii  strace                    4.5.20-2.3
ii  unzip                     6.0-9
ii  wdiff                     1.1.2-1
ii  wget                      1.14-2
ii  xz-utils                  5.1.1alpha+20120614-2

Versions of packages devscripts suggests:
ii  bsd-mailx [mailx]            8.1.2-0.20111106cvs-1
ii  build-essential              11.6
pn  cvs-buildpackage             <none>
ii  devscripts-el                35.4
ii  gnuplot                      4.6.3-1
ii  libauthen-sasl-perl          2.1500-1
ii  libfile-desktopentry-perl    0.04-3
ii  libnet-smtp-ssl-perl         1.01-3
pn  libterm-size-perl            <none>
ii  libtimedate-perl             1.2000-1
ii  libyaml-syck-perl            1.20-1
ii  mailx                        1:20081101-2
ii  mutt                         1.5.21-6.2
ii  openssh-client [ssh-client]  1:6.2p2-4
pn  svn-buildpackage             <none>
ii  w3m                          0.5.3-8

-- no debconf information

-- debsums errors found:
debsums: changed file /usr/bin/debsign (from devscripts package)