Drop section sign § from copyrights #3567

Reference: #3667
Reported-by: Stefan @stefan6419846
Signed-off-by: Philippe Ombredanne <[email protected]>

Author: pombredanne

src/cluecode/copyrights.py

@@ -4128,8 +4128,10 @@ def prepare_text_line(line, dedeb=True, to_ascii=True):
 
         # normalize (possibly repeated) quotes to unique single quote '
         # backticks ` and "
-        .replace('`', u"'")
-        .replace('"', u"'")
+        .replace('`', "'")
+        .replace('"', "'")
+        # see https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit/issues/3667
+        .replace('§', " ")
     )
 
     if TRACE_TOK:

tests/cluecode/data/copyrights/misco2/pom.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+     Copyright (C) 2016§ The Android Open Source Project
+-->

tests/cluecode/data/copyrights/misco2/pom.xml.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+what:
+  - copyrights
+copyrights:
+  - Copyright (c) 2016 The Android Open Source Project