Software::LicenseUtils - little useful bits of code for licensey things |
Software::LicenseUtils - little useful bits of code for licensey things
version 0.103011
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.
my $license_object = Software::LicenseUtils->new_from_short_name( { short_name => 'GPL-1', holder => 'X. Ample' }) ;
Create a new the Software::License manpage object from the license specified
with short_name
. Known short license names are GPL-*
, LGPL-*
,
Artistic
and 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.
Software::LicenseUtils - little useful bits of code for licensey things |