Software::LicenseUtils - little useful bits of code for licensey things
version 0.103012
my @guesses = Software::LicenseUtils->guess_license_from_pod($pm_text);
Given text containing POD, like a .pm file, this method will attempt to guess at the license under which the code is available. This method will either a list of Software::License classes (or instances) or false.
Calling this method in scalar context is a fatal error.
my @guesses = Software::LicenseUtils->guess_license_from_meta($meta_str);
Given the content of the META.(yml|json) file found in a CPAN distribution, this method makes a guess as to which licenses may apply to the distribution. It will return a list of zero or more Software::License instances or classes.
my @guesses = Software::LicenseUtils->guess_license_from_meta_key($key, $v);
This method returns zero or more Software::License classes known to use $key as their META key. If $v is supplied, it specifies whether to treat $key as a v1 or v2 meta entry. Any value other than 1 or 2 will raise an exception.
$key
$v
my $license_object = Software::LicenseUtils->new_from_short_name( { short_name => 'GPL-1', holder => 'X. Ample' }) ;
Create a new Software::License object from the license specified with short_name. Known short license names are GPL-*, LGPL-* , Artistic and Artistic-*
short_name
GPL-*
LGPL-*
Artistic
Artistic-*
Ricardo Signes <rjbs@cpan.org>
This software is copyright (c) 2016 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.
To install Software::License, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Software::License
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Software::License
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.