[SCM] mjpegtools/master: Correct copyright information about code from the MPEG Software Simulation Group.

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The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit 39dd042a15a286f7c70b3f59048dd6fb1146e938
Author: Andres Mejia <mcitadel at gmail.com>
Date:   Sat Jul 30 13:57:08 2011 -0400

    Correct copyright information about code from the MPEG Software Simulation Group.

diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
index 3416ea2..32b50bf 100644
--- a/debian/copyright
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -51,25 +51,26 @@ information on that group can be found here:
 
 http://www.mpeg.org/MPEG/video/mssg-free-mpeg-software.html
 
-It is basically a orphaned and incomplete reference implementation that
-is taken as basis for improvements. Quote from that website:
-
-    Contact:
-
-    Sorry, there is no contact for MSSG: The authors of the MSSG
-    software have disapeared and left no forwarding address.
-
-    The MSSG software is not maintained and provided "as-is".
-
-    No support of any sort is available. The MSSG software is known to
-    contain a number of bugs and mistakes. You must find and fix the bugs
-    yourself.
-
-    All the information we have is available is on this page.
-
-    The MSSG source code is a reference for a long-frozen standard
-    document. Please post serious questions on the comp.compression
-    newsgroup.
-
-http://www.mpeg.org/MPEG/mpeg-pointers-and-resources/ implies that MSSG
-software is considered "public-domain" nowadays.
+They have released their code under the following terms.
+
+ * Disclaimer of Warranty
+ *
+ * These software programs are available to the user without any license fee or
+ * royalty on an "as is" basis.  The MPEG Software Simulation Group disclaims
+ * any and all warranties, whether express, implied, or statuary, including any
+ * implied warranties or merchantability or of fitness for a particular
+ * purpose.  In no event shall the copyright-holder be liable for any
+ * incidental, punitive, or consequential damages of any kind whatsoever
+ * arising from the use of these programs.
+ *
+ * This disclaimer of warranty extends to the user of these programs and user's
+ * customers, employees, agents, transferees, successors, and assigns.
+ *
+ * The MPEG Software Simulation Group does not represent or warrant that the
+ * programs furnished hereunder are free of infringement of any third-party
+ * patents.
+ *
+ * Commercial implementations of MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video, including shareware,
+ * are subject to royalty fees to patent holders.  Many of these patents are
+ * general enough such that they are unavoidable regardless of implementation
+ * design.

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mjpegtools packaging