focal (3) Regexp::Pattern::License.3pm.gz
NAME
Regexp::Pattern::License - Regular expressions for legal licenses
VERSION
Version v3.2.0
DESCRIPTION
Regexp::Pattern::License provides a hash of regular expression patterns related to legal software
licenses.
Regexp::Pattern is a convention for organizing reusable regex patterns.
PATTERNS
Single licenses
Patterns each covering a single license.
Each of these patterns has exactly one of these tags: type:singleversion:* type:unversioned
type:versioned:decimal .
• adobe_2006
• adobe_glyph
• afl
• afl_1_1
• afl_1_2
• afl_2
• afl_2_1
• afl_3
• agpl
• agpl_1
• agpl_2
• agpl_3
• aladdin
• aladdin_8
• aladdin_9
• apache
• apache_1
• apache_1_1
• apache_2
• apafml
• artistic
• artistic_1
• artistic_1_cl8
• artistic_1_perl
• artistic_2
• bdwgc
• bdwgc_matlab
• beerware
• bsd_2_clause
• bsd_3_clause
• bsd_4_clause
• bsl
• bsl_1
• cc_by
• cc_by_1
• cc_by_2
• cc_by_2_5
• cc_by_3
• cc_by_4
• cc_by_nc
• cc_by_nc_1
• cc_by_nc_2
• cc_by_nc_2_5
• cc_by_nc_3
• cc_by_nc_4
• cc_by_nc_nd
• cc_by_nc_nd_1
• cc_by_nc_nd_2
• cc_by_nc_nd_2_5
• cc_by_nc_nd_3
• cc_by_nc_nd_4
• cc_by_nc_sa
• cc_by_nc_sa_1
• cc_by_nc_sa_2
• cc_by_nc_sa_2_5
• cc_by_nc_sa_3
• cc_by_nc_sa_4
• cc_by_nd
• cc_by_nd_1
• cc_by_nd_2
• cc_by_nd_2_5
• cc_by_nd_3
• cc_by_nd_4
• cc_by_sa
• cc_by_sa_1
• cc_by_sa_2
• cc_by_sa_2_5
• cc_by_sa_3
• cc_by_sa_4
• cc_cc0
• cc_cc0_1
• cc_nc
• cc_nc_1
• cc_nd
• cc_nd_1
• cc_sa
• cc_sa_1
• cc_sp
• cddl
• cddl_1
• cddl_1_1
• cecill
• cecill_1
• cecill_1_1
• cecill_2
• cecill_2_1
• cecill_b
• cecill_b_1
• cecill_c
• cecill_c_1
• cpl
• cpl_1
• cube
• curl
• dsdp
• epl
• epl_1
• epl_2
• eurosym
• fsfap
• fsful
• fsfullr
• ftl
• gfdl
• gfdl_niv
• gpl
• isc
• icu
• ipl
• ipl_1
• json
• jython
• kevlin_henney
• lgpl
• lgpl_bdwgc
• libpng
• llgpl
• mit_advertising
• mit_cmu
• mit_cmu_warranty
• mit_enna
• mit_feh
• mit_new
• mit_new_materials
• mit_old
• mit_oldstyle
• mit_oldstyle_disclaimer
• mit_oldstyle_permission
• mpl
• mpl_1
• mpl_1_1
• mpl_2
• ms_pl
• ms_rl
• ntp
• ntp_disclaimer
• ofl
• ofl_1
• ofl_1_no_rfn
• ofl_1_rfn
• ofl_1_1
• ofl_1_1_no_rfn
• ofl_1_1_rfn
• openssl
• postgresql
• public_domain
• python
• python_2
• qpl
• rpsl
• rpsl_1
• sgi_b
• sgi_b_1
• sgi_b_1_1
• sgi_b_2
• ssleay
• unicode_strict
• unicode_tou
• wtfpl
• wtfpl_1
• wtfpl_2
• wtfnmfpl
• wtfnmfpl_1
• zlib
• zlib_acknowledgement
• zpl
• zpl_1
• zpl_1_1
• zpl_2
• zpl_2_1
Licensing traits
Patterns each covering a single trait occuring in licenses.
Each of these patterns has the tag type:trait .
• any_of
• clause_retention
• clause_reproduction
• clause_advertising
• clause_advertising_always
• clause_non_endorsement
• fsf_unlimited
• fsf_unlimited_retention
• license_label
• license_label_trove
• licensed_under
• or_at_option
• usage_rfn
• version
• version_later
• version_later_paragraph
• version_later_postfix
• version_number
• version_numberstring
• version_prefix
License combinations
Patterns each covering a combination of multiple licenses.
Each of these patterns has the tag type:combo .
• perl
License groups
Patterns each covering either of multiple licenses.
Each of these patterns has the tag type:group .
• bsd
• gnu
• mit
STRUCTURE
The regexp patterns follows the DefHash specification, and more specifically the structure of
Regexp::Pattern, defining access to one pattern per DefHash object, as "pat".
Additionally, (sub)patterns are available in plaintext form, as "pat.alt.*".
SUBJECT
Each pattern targets one or more subjects, i.e. ways to directly or indirectly represent a license.
Beware that not all pattern objects fully cover all subjects.
trait
Distinguishing trait or feature expressed in licensing strings, e.g. an advertising clause or
granting "...or any later version."
Coverage for this subject is currently rather weak.
name
Distinguishing name, e.g. usable in license grant.
grant
Text granting the license.
license
Text containing licensing terms.
Texts containing both license grant and licensing terms (e.g. BSD- and MIT-style licensing) may be
classified as either subject grant or subject license. This may change, as needs for distinction is
better understood.
SCOPE
Each pattern can process material within some scope, i.e. a certain sample size of the full subject.
As an example, <https://codesearch.debian.net/> use line-based processing, where patterns spanning
multiple lines are not applicable.
line
Pattern typically found within a single line. Typically this means less than 70 characters within
scope.
sentence
Pattern matching within a sentence.
May span multiple lines, but not across multiple sentences. Typically this means no full-stop or
colon within scope.
paragraph
Pattern matching distinguishing paragraph.
May span multiple sentences, but not multiple paragraphs. Typically this means no newline within
scope.
section
Pattern matching distinguishing section.
May span multiple paragraphs, but not multiple sections. Typically this means blank line within
scope.
multisection
Pattern may span multiple sections.
TAGS
Pattern defhashes optionally includes tags, which may help in selecting multiple related patterns.
Tags are hierarchical, with ":" as separator, and may be extended without notice. Therefore take care to
permit sub-parts when tag-matching, e.g. using a regex like " /\Asome:tag(?:\z|:)/ ".
• family:bsd
• family:cc
• family:gpl
• family:mit
• family:zlib
Pattern covers a license part of a family of licenses.
• license:contains:grant
License mentions a preferred form for granting the license.
This implies that license is commonly granted by use of a different (typically far shorter) text.
• license:contains:license:*
License contains another license.
Wildcard is the key to corresponding license pattern.
• license:contains:name:*
License mentions name of another license.
• license:is:grant
License is commonly granted by stating the whole license.
• type:usage:*:*
Pattern covers a specific usage of a license.
Third part is the key of the corresponding non-usage-specific pattern.
Fourth part is the key of the corresponding usage trait pattern.
• type:combo
Pattern covers a combination of multiple licenses.
• type:group
Pattern covers either of multiple licenses.
• type:singleversion:*
Pattern covers a specific version of a license.
Last part of tag is the key of the corresponding non-version-specific pattern.
• type:trait
Pattern covers a single trait occuring in licenses.
• type:unversioned
Pattern covers a license without versioning scheme.
• type:versioned:decimal
Pattern covers a license using decimal number versioning scheme.
DEPRECATED TAGS
Tags not documented in this POD, specifically non-hierarchical tags, are deprecated and will be dropped
in a future release.
AUTHOR
Jonas Smedegaard "<dr@jones.dk>"
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright © 2016-2017 Jonas Smedegaard
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; either version 3, or (at your
option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public
License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see
<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.