diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
index 46daf5f..37521a8 100644
--- a/debian/copyright
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -1,27 +1,29 @@
-This package was Debianised by John Zaitseff <J.Zaitseff@zap.org.au>, who
-also wrote the original package.  It was downloaded from:
+Format: http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
+Upstream-Name: Star Traders
+Upstream-Contact: John Zaitseff <J.Zaitseff@zap.org.au>
+Source: http://www.zap.org.au/software/trader/
 
-  http://www.zap.org.au/software/trader/
+Files: *
+Copyright: 1990-2014, John Zaitseff <J.Zaitseff@zap.org.au>
+License: GPL-3+
 
-Copyright:
+Files: debian/*
+Copyright: 2011-2014, John Zaitseff <J.Zaitseff@zap.org.au>
+License: GPL-3+
 
-  Copyright (C) 1990-2014, John Zaitseff.
-
-License:
-
-  Star Traders is free software that is distributed under the terms of
-  the GNU General Public License.  You can redistribute it and/or modify
-  it under the terms of that License as published by the Free Software
-  Foundation, either version 3 or (at your option) any later version.
-
-  This game 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 in the file COPYING for more details.
-
-Debian packaging:
-
-  Copyright (C) 2011-14, John Zaitseff.
-
-  The Debian packaging is licensed under the GNU General Public License,
-  version 3 or later, as referenced in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3.
+License: GPL-3+
+ Star Traders is free software that is distributed under the terms of
+ the GNU General Public License.  You can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of that License as published by the Free Software
+ Foundation, either version 3 or (at your option) any later version.
+ .
+ This game 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 in the file COPYING for more details.
+ .
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ with this program.  If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
+ .
+ On Debian systems, the full text of the GNU General Public License
+ version 3 can be found in the file `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3'.