NAME

       Software::LicenseMoreUtils - More utilities and a summary for Software::License

VERSION

       version 1.004

SYNOPSIS

        use Software::LicenseMoreUtils;

        my $lic = Software::LicenseMoreUtils->new_from_short_name({
           short_name => 'Apache-2.0',
           holder => 'X. Ample'
        });

        # On Debian, return a license summary, returns license text elsewhere
        my $text = $lic->summary_or_text;

        # returns license full text
        my $text = $lic->text;

DESCRIPTION

       This module provides more utilities for Software::License:

       •   Method  "new_from_short_name"  returns  a  Software::LicenseMoreUtils::LicenseWithSummary object that
           provides  all  functionalities  of  "Software::License::*"  objects  and  a  summary  on  some  Linux
           distribution (see below).

       •   "new_from_short_name" accepts more short names than Software::LicenseUtils

       •   Software::License::LGPL-2  license is also provided. Even though license "LGPL-2.1" is preferred over
           "LGPL-2", some software in Debian use "LGPL-2".

License summary

       In some distribution like Debian, all packages should come with the full text  of  the  licenses  of  the
       package software.

       To  avoid  many  duplication  of  long license text, the text of the most common licenses are provided in
       "/usr/share/common-licenses" directory. Then the license text of a package need only to provide a summary
       of the license that refer to the location of the common license.

       All summaries are provided for Debian (so for Ubuntu). Other  distributions  are  welcome  to  send  pull
       request for their license summaries.

Methods

   new_from_short_name
        my $license_object = Software::LicenseMoreUtils->new_from_short_name({
             short_name => 'GPL-1',
             holder => 'X. Ample'
        }) ;

       Returns  a new Software::LicenseMoreUtils::LicenseWithSummary object which is a Software::License wrapped
       with a summary.

       The new Software::License object is created from the license specified  with  "short_name".  Known  short
       license  names  are  "GPL-*",  "LGPL-*" , "Artistic" and "Artistic-*" "Artistic" and "Artistic-*". If the
       short name is not known, this method will try to create a license object with  "Software::License::"  and
       the   specified   short   name   (e.g.   "Software::License::MIT"   with   "short_name   =>   'MIT'"   or
       "Software::License::Apache_2_0" with "short_name => 'Apapche-2.0'").

AUTHOR

       Dominique Dumont

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This software is copyright (c) 2018 by Dominique Dumont.

       This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under  the  same  terms  as  the  Perl  5
       programming language system itself.

perl v5.28.0                                       2018-11-03                    Software::LicenseMoreUtils(3pm)