Trivial metapackage --> PD?

[Ole Streicher <olebole@debian.org>]

Hi,

I am about to create a metapackage and I am wondering on how to create a
debian/copyright that makes the ftp-masters, lintian and me happy at
the same time.

Actually, the package is so simple, that I doubt there is any creative
or original idea in it -- neither in the package collection itself
(which is just a list of package by the same upstream), nor by the
accompanied files. I doubt that an initial changelog, created by 
"dch --create" is copyrightable, or the mechanical writing of
debian/control, or a minimal three-line debian/rules.

So, as long as I don't put my own lyrics somewhere in README.Debian
(which are even worse than the vogonic ones, and therefore would have a
negative impact on Debian as a whole), I see no reason why I could put
any license onto the package -- it is just public-domain.

However, when I write a debian/copyright:

--------------------------8<--------------------------
Format: http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/

Files: *
Copyright: Not applicable
License: public-domain
 The metapackage is too trivial to claim any copyright for it.
--------------------------8<--------------------------

lintian warns me about "copyright-without-copyright-notice". Shall I
just make this one silent?

Cheers

Ole