diff --git a/debian/apertis/copyright b/debian/apertis/copyright
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..72e6a156a19976776c375df12c9fe50df3d10ab7
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+Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
+
+Files: *
+Copyright: 1997-1999, Jason Gunthorpe and others.
+License: GPL-2+
+
+Files: .clang-format
+ .gitlab-ci.yml
+ .travis.yml
+ AUTHORS
+ Dockerfile
+ README.md
+ git-clang-format.sh
+ mirror-failure.py
+ prepare-release
+ shippable.yml
+Copyright: no-info-found
+License: GPL-2+
+
+Files: CMake/*
+Copyright: no-info-found
+License: GPL-2+
+
+Files: CMake/CheckCxxTarget.cmake
+Copyright: 2019, Canonical Ltd
+License: Expat
+
+Files: CMake/Documentation.cmake
+ CMake/FindLFS.cmake
+Copyright: 2016, Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>.
+License: Expat
+
+Files: CMake/FindBerkeleyDB.cmake
+Copyright: 2006, Alexander Dymo <adymo@kdevelop.org>, 2016, Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>
+License: BSD-3-clause
+
+Files: CMake/Translations.cmake
+Copyright: 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>
+License: GPL-2+
+
+Files: CMakeLists.txt
+Copyright: 2009, 2016, Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>.
+License: GPL-2+
+
+Files: abicheck/*
+Copyright: no-info-found
+License: GPL-2+
+
+Files: apt-inst/*
+Copyright: no-info-found
+License: GPL-2+
+
+Files: apt-pkg/*
+Copyright: no-info-found
+License: GPL-2+
+
+Files: apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
+Copyright: no-info-found
+License: GPL
+
+Files: apt-pkg/contrib/md5.cc
+Copyright: no-info-found
+License: public-domain
+
+Files: apt-pkg/contrib/sha2_internal.cc
+ apt-pkg/contrib/sha2_internal.h
+Copyright: 2000, 2001, Aaron D. Gifford
+License: BSD-3-clause
+
+Files: apt-pkg/contrib/string_view.h
+ apt-pkg/contrib/weakptr.h
+Copyright: 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>
+License: GPL-2+
+
+Files: apt-pkg/deb/debversion.cc
+Copyright: return c + 256;
+License: GPL-2+
+
+Files: apt-private/*
+Copyright: no-info-found
+License: GPL-2+
+
+Files: apt-private/private-json-hooks.cc
+ apt-private/private-json-hooks.h
+Copyright: 2018, Canonical Ltd
+License: GPL-2+
+
+Files: cmdline/*
+Copyright: no-info-found
+License: GPL-2+
+
+Files: completions/*
+Copyright: no-info-found
+License: GPL-2+
+
+Files: debian/*
+Copyright: no-info-found
+License: GPL-2+
+
+Files: debian/apt.postrm
+Copyright: 1998, Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>
+License: GPL-2+
+
+Files: debian/rules
+Copyright: 2009, 2016, Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>
+License: GPL
+
+Files: doc/*
+Copyright: no-info-found
+License: GPL-2+
+
+Files: dselect/*
+Copyright: no-info-found
+License: GPL-2+
+
+Files: ftparchive/*
+Copyright: no-info-found
+License: GPL-2+
+
+Files: methods/*
+Copyright: no-info-found
+License: GPL-2+
+
+Files: methods/rred.cc
+Copyright: 2014, Anthony Towns
+License: GPL-2+
+
+Files: methods/rsh.cc
+ methods/rsh.h
+Copyright: 2000, Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
+License: GPL-2
+
+Files: test/*
+Copyright: no-info-found
+License: GPL-2+
+
+Files: triehash/*
+Copyright: 2016, Julian Andres Klode <jak@jak-linux.org>
+License: Expat
+
+Files: vendor/*
+Copyright: no-info-found
+License: GPL-2+
diff --git a/debian/apertis/copyright.whitelist b/debian/apertis/copyright.whitelist
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fb7ddc14f1a5861ffc31fb0ee315dfb84e702c64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/apertis/copyright.whitelist
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+*.db
+*.deb
+*.sec
+*.pub
+*.tar-uncompressed
+test-apt-ftparchive-cachedb
diff --git a/debian/apertis/copyright.yml b/debian/apertis/copyright.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3bb16c586a12042ff610e50150cdfa9b69de81ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/apertis/copyright.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+.*:
+  license: GPL-2+
+triehash/:
+  copyright: 2016, Julian Andres Klode <jak@jak-linux.org>
+  license: Expat
+CMake/CheckCxxTarget.cmake:
+  copyright: 2019, Canonical Ltd
+  license: Expat
+CMake/FindBerkeleyDB.cmake:
+  override-copyright: 2006, Alexander Dymo <adymo@kdevelop.org>, 2016, Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>
+  license: BSD-3-clause
+apt-private/private-json-hooks.*:
+  license: GPL-2+
+methods/rsh.*:
+  override-copyright: 2000, Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>
+  license: GPL-2