NAME

       license - program to specify and modify media file licenses

SYNOPSIS

       license [filename]

DESCRIPTION

       The liblicense package provides a license command to allow simple command-line examination
       and manipulation of license information embedded in media files. The default action is to
       show the default license as configured in $HOME/.license. This default can be offered by
       applications that use liblicense when asking you what license you would like to release
       your work under.

       In addition to showing you and allowing you to change the embedded license in a file, the
       license also can show and allow you to change the embedded "web statement URI", a link to
       a web page with information about the file that you can use to verify the embedded
       license.

OPTIONS

       These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with
       two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below. For a complete description, run
       the application with --help.

       -h --help
           Show summary of options.

       -v --verbose
           Output more information about the actions of the program.

       -q --quiet
           Output less information about the actions of the program.

       -a JURISDICTION --list=JURISDICTION
           List all avialbale licenses in JURISDICTION (uses the generic jurisdiction if
           JURISDICTION is not specified).

       --set-license
           Sets the license of the file (to the license specified by "-l").

       --remove-license
           Removes the embedded license metadata from the file.

       -l URI --license=URI
           When setting the license of a file or the default license preference, set it to URI.

       --set-web-statement
           Sets the web statement link in the file (to the value specified by "-w").

       --remove-web-statement
           Removes the embedded web statement metadata from the file.

       -w URI --web-statement=URI
           When setting the web statement URI in a file, set it to URI.

       -u MODULE --use=MODULE
           Use the module called MODULE to interact with a file.

       -m
           List the available modules and their capabilities. Modules are used to handle
           different media types.

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Asheesh Laroia <asheesh@asheesh.org>. Permission is
       granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Lesser
       General Public License, Version 2.1 or any later version published by the Free Software
       Foundation.

       On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU Lesser General Public License can be found
       in /usr/share/common-licenses/LGPL.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2008 Asheesh Laroia

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