diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
index f34433c..d8014a2 100644
--- a/debian/copyright
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -7,16 +7,24 @@
  git://git.sugarlabs.org/etoys/mainline.git
 
 Files: *
-Copyright: 2006-2008, Viewpoints Research Institute, and Contributors
+Copyright:
+  © 2006-2008, Viewpoints Research Institute, and Contributors
 License: Expat
 
 Files: debian/*
-Copyright: 2010,2012,2015, Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
-  2010, Ankur khurana <ankur@seeta.in>
+Copyright:
+  © 2010,2012,2015, Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
+  © 2010, Ankur khurana <ankur@seeta.in>
+License-Grant:
+ This program 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.
 License: GPL-3+
 
 Files: debian/patches/*
-Copyright: 2015, Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
+Copyright:
+  © 2015, Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk>
 License: Expat
 
 License: Expat
@@ -40,18 +48,4 @@
  SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
 License: GPL-3+
- This program 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 of the License, or (at your
- option) any later version.
- .
- This program 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.
-Comment:
- On Debian systems the 'GNU General Public License' version 3 is located
- in '/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3'.
- .
- You should have received a copy of the 'GNU General Public License'
- along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+License-Reference: /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3