consider adding machine-readable `copyright` file (DEP5) file to deb packages
A bit related to the discussion in https://github.com/docker/docker-ce-packaging/issues/1112
Debian introduced a machine-readable format for adding licensing information to packages and it looks like the proposal (https://dep-team.pages.debian.net/deps/dep5/) is accepted and now "1.0". Should we consider adding those? https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Some challenges may be to mark individual files? (i.e. there may be files having a different license).
FWIW; the containerd.io package already has this file, but it looks to be incorrect, as it also includes runc, which is not mentioned in the file;
https://github.com/docker/containerd-packaging/blob/d6a7e6e2f349710e71a409a6cf2527f48b12e864/debian/copyright
See https://salsa.debian.org/go-team/packages/docker/-/blob/487dded61b45c4df44d5b7ec152ef5a4ec4814b3/debian/copyright for a file you can probably borrow/learn a lot from.
Bump! Debian standard copyright files are very useful for managing SBOMs and staying on top of open-source licensing requirements when distributing OS images with docker preinstalled. Currently, on a "default" installation (as per the docs), it seems like the following packages lack a copyright file:
docker-buildx-plugindocker-cedocker-ce-clidocker-ce-rootless-extrasdocker-compose-plugin