NAME

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

VERSION

       version 1.009

SYNOPSIS

        use Software::LicenseMoreUtils;

        my $lic = Software::LicenseMoreUtils->new_from_short_name({
           short_name => 'Apache-2.0', # or GPL-2+, Artistic-2 ...
           holder => 'X. Ample' # unlike Software::License, holder is optional
        });

        # On Debian, return a license summary, returns license text elsewhere
        # with ot without copyright notice, depending if holder is set.
        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

       •   "new_from_short_name" accepts "or any later version" variant of GPL licenses. When a
           short name like "GPL-3+" is used, the license summary contains "or (at your option)
           any later version" statement.

       •   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', # mandatory
             holder => 'X. Ample' # optional
        }) ;

       Unlike Software::License, the "Holder" parameter is optional. When set, "summary_or_text"
       in Software::LicenseMoreUtils::LicenseWithSummary returns a copyright notice with the text
       of the summary of the license.

       Returns a new Software::LicenseMoreUtils::LicenseWithSummary object which is a
       Software::License wrapped with a summary. This is a drop-in replacement for the
       Software::License object as all methods are delegated to the underlying Software::License
       object.

       Known short license names are "GPL-*", "LGPL-*" , and their "or later version" variant
       "GPL-*+", "LGPL-*+" "Artistic" and "Artistic-*". Unlike vanilla Software::License, this
       module accepts license name with "-" (e.g. "GPL-2") along with "_" (e.g. ""GPL_2"").

       SPDX v3 identifiers can also be used as short names. I.e. short names like "GPL-2.0-only"
       or "LGPL-2.1-or-later" are supported.

       If the short name is not known, this method tries 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 =>
       'Apache-2.0'").

AUTHOR

       Dominique Dumont

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This software is copyright (c) 2018, 2022 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.