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+Format: http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
+Upstream-Name: salt-formula-fluentd
+Upstream-Contact: Salt Formulas Community <salt-formulas@freelists.org>
+Source: https://github.com/salt-formulas/salt-formula-fluentd
+
+Files: *
+Copyright: 2017 Mirantis et al.
+License: Apache-2.0
+  Copyright (C) 2017 Mirantis et al.
+  .
+  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  .
+  On a Debian system you can find a copy of this license in
+  /usr/share/common-licenses/Apache-2.0.