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@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ blog post from 2015</a>.  To generate using cme, use the 'update
 dpkg-copyright' option:
 
 <p><pre>
-cme update dpkg-copyright -quiet
+cme update dpkg-copyright
 </pre></p>
 
 <p>This will create or update debian/copyright.  The cme tool seem to
@@ -97,6 +97,23 @@ planet.debian.org.</p>
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+
+<p><strong>Update 2016-02-20</strong>: I got a tip from Mike Gabriel
+on how to use licensecheck and cdbs to create a draft copyright file
+
+<p><pre>
+licensecheck --copyright -r `find * -type f` | \
+  /usr/lib/cdbs/licensecheck2dep5 > debian/copyright.auto
+</pre></p>
+
+<p>He mentioned that he normally check the generated file into the
+version control system to make it easier to discover license and
+copyright changes in the upstream source.  I will try to do the same
+with my packages in the future.</p>
+
+<p><strong>Update 2016-02-21</strong>: The cme author recommended
+against using -quiet for new users, so I removed it from the proposed
+command line.</p>
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