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Changes for version v3.0.38 - 2020-01-03

  • REGRESSIONS
    • misdetects some GNU fulltext licenses as also maybe LGPL
  • Bug Fixes
    • Add missing newline when no arguments
    • fix: detect creative commons dual-version-licensing (not misdetect as same version twice)
    • support non-utf8 locale
  • Test Suite
    • Isolate and extend encoding tests.
    • adapt author testsuite for improved detection (and few minor regressions) since Regexp::Pattern::License v3.1.95
    • silence warnings in handling utf8 content
  • Packaging
    • use more recent Regexp::Pattern::License
  • Other
    • Add missing newline when no arguments
    • Improve detection of AFL licenses.
    • Improve detection of Boost licenses.
    • Improve detection of Cecill licenses.
    • Improve detection of WTFPL and WTFNMFPL licenses.
    • Move encoding loop from executable to library.
    • Streamline detection of well-formed grants.
    • Tighten and improve detection of Artistic licenses.
    • define local regexes in sub licensepatterns (not sub parse_license)
    • improve detection of apache licenses
    • pass file and position to function parse_license
    • support environment variable DEBUG; require modules Log::Any Log::Any::Adapter::Screen MooX::Role::Logger

Documentation

simple license checker for source files

Modules

functions for a simple license checker for source files