diff --git a/src/licensedcode/data/rules/gpl-2.0-plus_and_gpl-2.0.RULE b/src/licensedcode/data/rules/gpl-2.0-plus_and_gpl-2.0.RULE
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--- a/src/licensedcode/data/rules/gpl-2.0-plus_and_gpl-2.0.RULE
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-Names of relevant binary program{{(s) }}and copyright info have been adapted to
-avoid the violation of the GPL license {{10 (as offered by Joerg Schilling) }} and the
-obligations created {{by German laws.}}
-
-{{20
-Copyright:
-
-* cdda2wav
- Copyright 1998-2003 Heiko Eissfeldt
- parts (C) Peter Widow
- parts (C) Thomas Niederreiter
- parts (C) RSA Data Security, Inc.
-}} License: GPLv2
-
-{{20
-* mkisofs
- Written by Eric Youngdale (1993).
- Copyright 1993 Yggdrasil Computing, Incorporated
- Copyright (c) 1999,2000-2004 J. Schilling
- APPLE_HYB James Pearson j.pearson@ge.ucl.ac.uk 22/2/2000
-}} License: GPLv2
-
-{{20
-* libedc compact disc reed-solomon routines
- (c) 1998-2002 by Heiko Eissfeldt, heiko@colossus.escape.de
- (c) 2002 by Joerg Schilling
-}} License: GPLv2
-
-{{20
-* libhfs_iso - Modified version of libhfs (v2.0) to work with mkhybrid.
- (C) 1996, 1997 Robert Leslie
-}} License: GPLv2
-
-{{20
-* libcdparanoia
- (C) by Monty (xiphmont@mit.edu)
- Modifications to make the code portable Copyright (c) 2002 J. Schilling
-}} License: GPLv2
-
-{{20
-* readcd
- Copyright (c) 1987, 1995-2003 J. Schilling
-}} License: GPLv2
-
-{{20
-* zisofs-tools:
- Copyright 2001 H. Peter Anvin - All Rights Reserved }}
- * 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, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
- * 02110-1301 USA; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any
- * later version; incorporated herein by reference.
-
-{{20
-* geteltorito
- Author: Rainer Krienke
- Email: krienke@uni-koblenz.de
-}} License: GPL
-{{ Version: 0.3}}
-
-The complete text of the GNU General Public License version 2 is
-available in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL on a Debian system.
diff --git a/src/licensedcode/data/rules/gpl-2.0-plus_and_gpl-2.0.yml b/src/licensedcode/data/rules/gpl-2.0-plus_and_gpl-2.0.yml
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--- a/src/licensedcode/data/rules/gpl-2.0-plus_and_gpl-2.0.yml
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-licenses:
- - gpl-2.0-plus
- - gpl-2.0
-notes: debian notice