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String::License(3pm)  User Contributed Perl Documentation String::License(3pm)

NAME
       String::License - detect source code license statements in a text
       string

VERSION
       Version v0.0.2

SYNOPSIS
           use String::License;
           use String::License::Naming::Custom;

           my $string = 'Licensed under same terms as Perl itself';

           my $expressed  = String::License->new( string => $string );
           my $expression = $expressed->as_text;  # => "Perl"

           my $desc        = String::License::Naming::Custom->new;
           my $described   = String::License->new( string => $string, naming => $desc );
           my $description = $described->as_text;  # => "The Perl 5 License"

DESCRIPTION
       String::License identifies license statements in a string and
       serializes them in a normalized format.

CONSTRUCTOR
       new
               my $licensed = String::License->new( string => 'Licensed under GPLv2' );

           Accepts named arguments, and constructs and returns a
           String::License object.

           The following options are recognized:

           string => STRING
               The scalar string to parse for licensing information.

           naming => OBJ
               A String::License::Naming object, used to define license naming
               conventions.

               By default uses String::License::Naming::SPDX.

               Since instantiation of naming schemes is expensive, there can
               be a significant speed boost in passing a pre-initialized
               naming object when processing multiple strings.

METHODS
       as_text
           Returns identified licensing patterns as a string, either
           structured as SPDX License Expressions, or with scheme-less naming
           as a short description.

AUTHOR
       Jonas Smedegaard "<dr@jones.dk>"

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
       This program is based on the script "licensecheck" from the KDE SDK,
       originally introduced by Stefan Westerfeld "<stefan@space.twc.de>".

         Copyright © 2007, 2008 Adam D. Barratt

         Copyright © 2016-2023 Jonas Smedegaard

         Copyright © 2017-2022 Purism SPC

       This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
       under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
       by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3, or (at your option)
       any later version.

       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
       WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
       Affero General Public License for more details.

       You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public
       License along with this program.  If not, see
       <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

perl v5.36.0                      2023-01-15              String::License(3pm)

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