diff --git a/bin/sde-create-package b/bin/sde-create-package
index 8b2600c..33875df 100755
--- a/bin/sde-create-package
+++ b/bin/sde-create-package
@@ -125,4 +125,92 @@ confdir=$( package_confdir "$pkg" )
 
 echo_info "Creating package/$repo/$pkg from $hive:${hiveindex:-$pkg}"
 
-"$SDEROOT/lib/sde-package/hives/$hive" "${hiveindex:-$pkg}" "$@"
+# get info form the hive
+output=$( "$SDEROOT/lib/sde-package/hives/$hive" "${hiveindex:-$pkg}" "$@" )
+[ -n "$output" ] || echo_abort 1 "$hive failed to fetch ${hiveindex:-$pkg} information"
+
+# do we have content for the $1 tag?
+output_has_tag()
+{
+	echo "$output" | grep -q "^\[$1\]"
+}
+
+# what do we know for the $1 tag?
+output_tag()
+{
+	echo "$output" | grep "^\[$1\]" | sed -e 's,^\[\([A-Z-]\+\)\][ \t]*,,' -e 's,[ \t]*\$,,'
+}
+
+# checks if output has $1, and return $2 if not
+output_parse()
+{
+	if output_has_tag "$1"; then
+		output_tag "$1"
+	else
+		echo "$2"
+	fi
+}
+
+# parse the output of the hive
+#
+
+# title
+title=$( output_parse I 'TODO: Short Information' )
+# desc
+desc=$( output_parse T 'TODO: Long Expanation
+TODO: Long Expanation
+TODO: Long Expanation
+TODO: Long Expanation
+TODO: Long Expanation' )
+# url
+url=$( output_parse U 'TODO: URL' )
+# author
+author=$( output_parse A 'TODO: Author' )
+# category
+category=$( output_parse C 'TODO: Category' )
+# license
+license=$( output_parse L 'TODO: License' )
+# status
+status=$( output_parse S 'TODO: Status' )
+# version
+version=$( output_parse V 'TODO: Version' )
+# download
+download=$( output_parse D '' )
+
+TAG=SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE
+cat <<EOT
+[COPY] --- $TAG-BEGIN ---
+[COPY] This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+[COPY]
+[COPY] Filename: package/.../$pkg/$pkg.desc
+[COPY] Copyright (C) $( date +%Y ) The OpenSDE Project
+[COPY]
+[COPY] More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+[COPY]
+[COPY] This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+[COPY] it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+[COPY] the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. A copy of the
+[COPY] GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
+[COPY] --- $TAG-END ---
+
+[I] $title
+
+$( echo "$desc" | sed -e 's,^,[T] ,' )
+
+[U] $url
+
+[A] $author
+[M] The OpenSDE Community <list@opensde.org>
+
+[C] $category
+
+[L] $license
+[S] $status
+[V] $version
+[P] X -----5---9 800.000
+
+EOT
+echo "$download" | while read l; do
+	echo "[D] $l"
+done
+