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Treat as Debian copyright some extra files

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See https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/LICENSE
```
Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
Source: https://www.metasploit.com/

Files: *
Copyright: 2006-2020, Rapid7, Inc.
License: BSD-3-clause

....
```
this is not named copyright BUT is a copyright file.

IMHO the mere fact that we have:
`Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/`
or `Format: http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/` as the first line could be enough?

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