NAME

       Software::License::Custom - custom license handler

VERSION

       version 0.104002

DESCRIPTION

       This module extends Software::License to give the possibility of specifying all aspects
       related to a software license in a custom file.  This allows for setting custom dates,
       notices, etc. while still preserving compatibility with all places where Software::License
       is used, e.g. Dist::Zilla.

       In this way, you should be able to customise some aspects of the licensing messages that
       would otherwise be difficult to tinker, e.g. adding a note in the notice, setting multiple
       years for the copyright notice or set multiple authors and/or copyright holders.

       The license details should be put inside a file that contains different sections. Each
       section has the following format:

       header line
           This is a line that begins and ends with two underscores "__". The string between the
           begin and the end of the line is first depured of any non-word character, then used as
           the name of the section;

       body
           a Text::Template (possibly a plain text file) where items to be expanded are enclosed
           between double braces

       Each section is terminated by the header of the following section or by the end of the
       file. Example:

          __[ NAME ]__
          The Foo-Bar License
          __URL__
          http://www.example.com/foo-bar.txt
          __[ META_NAME ]__
          foo_bar_meta
          __{ META2_NAME }__
          foo_bar_meta2
          __{ SPDX_EXPRESSION }__
          foo_bar_spdx_expression
          __[ NOTICE ]__
          Copyright (C) 2000-2002 by P.R. Evious
          Copyright (C) {{$self->year}} by {{$self->holder}}.

          This is free software, licensed under {{$self->name}}.

          __[ LICENSE ]__
                      The Foo-Bar License

          Well... this is only some sample text.  Verily... only sample text!!!

          Yes, spanning more lines and more paragraphs.

       The different formats for specifying the section name in the example above are only
       examples, you're invited to use a consistent approach.

PERL VERSION

       This module is part of CPAN toolchain, or is treated as such.  As such, it follows the
       agreement of the Perl Toolchain Gang to require no newer version of perl than v5.8.1.
       This version may change by agreement of the Toolchain Gang, but for now is governed by the
       Lancaster Consensus <https://github.com/Perl-Toolchain-Gang/toolchain-
       site/blob/master/lancaster-consensus.md> of 2013.

METHODS

   new
          my $slc = Software::License::Custom->new({filename => 'LEGAL'});

       Create a new object. Arguments are passed through an anonymous hash, the following keys
       are allowed:

         filename - the file where the custom software license details are stored

   load_sections_from
          $slc->load_sections_from('MY-LEGAL-ASPECTS');

       Loads the different sections of the license from the provided filename.

       Returns the input object.

   section_data
          my $notice_template_reference = $slc->section_data('NOTICE');

       Returns a reference to a textual template that can be fed to Text::Template (it could be
       simple text), according to what is currently loaded in the object.

MORE METHODS

       The following methods, found in all software license classes, look up and render the
       template with the capitalized form of their name.  In other words, the "license" method
       looks in the "LICENSE" template.

       For now, the "meta_name" and "meta2_name" methods return "custom" if called on the class.
       This may become fatal in the future.

       •   name

       •   url

       •   meta_name

       •   meta2_name

       •   license

       •   notice

       •   fulltext

       •   version

AUTHOR

       Ricardo Signes <rjbs@semiotic.systems>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This software is copyright (c) 2022 by Ricardo Signes.

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