https://github.com/dod38fr/software-licensemoreutils

More utilities on top of Software::License Perl module
https://github.com/dod38fr/software-licensemoreutils

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More utilities on top of Software::License Perl module

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/dod38fr/software-licensemoreutils
• Owner: dod38fr
• Created: 2018-05-20T08:35:12.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-06-04T17:04:00.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-01-02T23:57:16.795Z (6 days ago)
• Language: Perl
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• Forks: 1
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  • Readme: README.md
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# Software::LicenseMoreUtils #

This Perl modules provides some utilities on top of [Software::License](https://metacpan.org/pod/Software::License):

* The possibility to create

  [Software::License](https://metacpan.org/pod/Software::License)

  object using short names like `GPL-1`, `GPL_1`. This module accepts

  more variations on the short name than

  [new_from_short_name](https://metacpan.org/pod/Software::LicenseUtils#new_from_short_name)

  from

  [Software::LicenseUtils](https://metacpan.org/pod/Software::LicenseUtils).

* Support license summaries on Debian that redirect the user to the licenses available in

  `/usr/share/common-licenses`

* Provides a

  [LGPL-2](http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Software%3A%3ALicense%3A%3ALGPL_2)

  object. LGPL-2 is deprecated but sometimes found in Debian packages.

* GPL summaries support the "or later" clause often used with GPL licenses

## Example ##

```perl

use Software::LicenseMoreUtils;

   

 my $lic = Software::LicenseMoreUtils->new_from_short_name({

   short_name => 'Apache-2.0', # accepts also Apache-2 Apache_2_0

   holder => 'X. Ample'

});

# returns a license summary on Debian, returns license text elsewhere

my $text = $lic->summary_or_text;

# returns license full text

my $text = $lic->text;

my $gpl = Software::LicenseMoreUtils->new_from_short_name({

   short_name => 'GPL-1+',

   holder => 'X. Ample'

});

say $gpl->summary_or_text;

```

## Compatibility ##

[new_from_short_name](http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Software%3A%3ALicenseMoreUtils%3A%3ALicenseWithSummary#new_from_short_name)

accepts the same parameters as the

[new_from_short_name](https://metacpan.org/pod/Software::LicenseUtils#new_from_short_name)

method provided by

[Software::License](https://metacpan.org/pod/Software::License). It

returns a new

[Software::LicenseMoreUtils::LicenseWithSummary](https://metacpan.org/pod/Software::LicenseMoreUtils::LicenseWithSummary)

object which supports the same methods as

[Software::License](https://metacpan.org/pod/Software::License).

## What about RedHat and other Linux distributions ##

This module was written mainly to help Debian packaging. Adding

support for other distribution should be straightforward. PRs are

welcome.