App-Licensecheck ================ Created: 2000-01-28 Home page: <https://metacpan.org/release/App-Licensecheck> Home page: <https://metacpan.org/pod/App::Licensecheck> Bug tracker: <https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?pkg=licensecheck> Maintainer: Jonas Smedegaard (JONASS) <jonass@cpan.org> v3.0.29 2017-01-24 [ REGRESSIONS ] - Drop gpl+aladdin combo license: Too exotic. [ Bug Fixes ] - Fix detect BSD licenses as bare name. Vasudev Kamath++ - Fix don't choke on unspecificed BSD license. [ Documentation ] - Document Regexp::Pattern::License as a private module. [ Other ] - Added: Add license patterns ofl aladdin rpsl mit_cmu mit_cmu_warranty. - Improve license patterns ftl mit_feh mit_enna cube eurosym libpng zlib zlib_acknowledgement. - Sort before enumerating ambiguously related combo licenses. - Streamline license parsing: Process loops of similar patterne. v3.0.28 2016-11-25 [ Bug Fixes ] - Fix detect dual licensing mit_new mit_old (and speed up partsing while at it). - Fix tighten detection of ISC license (was misdetecting curl). - Fix tighten detection of mit_new license (was misdetecting other MIT flavors). - Fix tighten license pattern curl (was misdetecting other MIT variants). [ Documentation ] - Extend license pattern dsdp with alternate fedora name PetSC. - Fix typo in changelog. - Tidy changelog: Improve distinction between newly added and added-to-patternlist entries. [ Other ] - Add license pattern ISC to Regexp::Pattern::License::Pattern. - Added: Add new license pattern icu. - Added: Add new license pattern mit_advertising. - Added: Add new license patterns mit_enna mit_feh. - Drop unused and too broad trait pattern disclaimer. - List license mit_new alternate fedora name Modern Style with sublicense. - Tidy Regexp::Pattern::License: Remove stray bogus regexp. - Tidy Regexp::Pattern::License::Pattern: Fix sort pattern list. - Tidy Regexp::Pattern::License::Pattern: Rename pattern provided_no_warranty â asis_expr_warranty. - Tidy Regexp::Pattern::License::Pattern: Rename pattern repro_notice_cond_discl â note_repro_notice_cond_discl. - Tidy Regexp::Pattern::License::Pattern: Rename pattern retain_notice_cond_discl â note_retain_notice_cond_discl. - Tidy Regexp::Pattern::License::Pattern: Rename pattern discl â asis_sw_name. - Tidy Regexp::Pattern::License::Pattern: Rename pattern discl_disclaim â discl_name_warranties. - Tidy Regexp::Pattern::License::Pattern: Rename pattern discl_provide â asis_name_sw. - Tidy Regexp::Pattern::License::Pattern: Rename pattern name_no_ad â nopromo_written_prior. - Tidy Regexp::Pattern::License::Pattern: Rename pattern promo_no_author â nopromo_neither. - Tidy Regexp::Pattern::License::Pattern: Rename pattern retain_notice â note_invar. - Tighten license pattern bsd-2-clause. Tidy Regexp::Pattern::License::Pattern: Rename pattern asis_sw_name â asis_sw_by_name. v3.0.27 2016-11-23 [ REGRESSIONS ] - Drop too exotic licensing phrase, and corresponding test case. [ Bug Fixes ] - Fix avoid detection of GPL/LGPL fulltext (rarely if ever used as grant). - Fix detect license FSFULLR (was misdetected as bogus FSFULR). - Fix detect license MPL-2.0 (was misdetected as MPL-2.0 or AGPL). - Fix detect licenses mit_old mit_unspecified (was misdetected as mit_new). - Fix version identifier to use + only in machine-readable mode. [ Other ] - Add combo pattern perl to Regexp::Pattern::License. - Add license pattern afl to Regexp::Pattern::License. - Add license pattern agpl to Regexp::Pattern::License. - Add license pattern apache to Regexp::Pattern::License. - Add license pattern artistic to Regexp::Pattern::License. - Add license pattern beerware to Regexp::Pattern::License. - Add license pattern cc_by_sa to Regexp::Pattern::License. - Add license pattern ftl to Regexp::Pattern::License. - Add license pattern llgpl to Regexp::Pattern::License. - Add license pattern mpl to Regexp::Pattern::License. - Add license pattern ms_pl to Regexp::Pattern::License. - Add license pattern openssl to Regexp::Pattern::License. - Add license pattern public_domain to Regexp::Pattern::License. - Add license pattern python to Regexp::Pattern::License. - Add license pattern qpl to Regexp::Pattern::License. - Add license pattern sgi_b to Regexp::Pattern::License. - Add license pattern wtfpl to Regexp::Pattern::License. - Add license patterns adobe_2006 adobe_glyph apafml to Regexp::Pattern::License. - Add license patterns bsd_2_clause bsd_3_clause bsd_4_clause to Regexp::Pattern::License. - Add license patterns cddl cecill cecill_1 cecill_1_1 cecill_2 cecill_2_1 cecill_b cecill_c epl to Regexp::Pattern::License. - Add license patterns fsfap fsful fsfullr to Regexp::Pattern::License. - Add license patterns gpl lgpl to Regexp::Pattern::License. - Add license patterns libpng zlib zlib_acknowledgement to Regexp::Pattern::License. - Add license patterns mit_new mit_new_materials mit_old mit_unspecified postgresql, and group pattern mit to Regexp::Pattern::License. - Add license patterns unicode_strict unicode_tou to Regexp::Pattern::License. - Added: Add new group pattern bsd. - Added: Add new group pattern gnu. - Added: Add new license pattern ms_rl. - Added: Add new license patterns cc_by cc_by_nc cc_by_nc_nd cc_by_nc_sa cc_by_nd cc_cc0 cc_sp. - Added: Add new license patterns cube eurosym. - Added: Add new license patterns curl dsdp mit_oldstyle mit_oldstyle_disclaimer mit_oldstyle_permission ntp ntp_disclaimer. - Added: Add new license patterns gfdl gfdl_niv. - Added: Add new trait pattern clause_advertising_always. - Added: Add new trait pattern license_prefix. - Added: Add new trait pattern license_version. - Added: Add new trait patterns clause_retention clause_reproduction clause_advertising clause_non_endorsement disclaimer. - Added: Add new trait patterns fsf_unlimited fsf_unlimited_retention. - Added: Add new trait patterns version_later version_later_paragraph version_later_postfix. - Added: Introduce new modules: Pattern::License Pattern::License::Parts. - Clean m4 dnl comment marker. - Drop no longer used internal license shortname list. - Emulate Regexp::Common -keep syntax to capture version number. - Improve detection of license GPL. - Improve license detections artistic perl. - Relax detection of license GPL. - Relax license pattern cc_by_ca. - Tidy code: Drop noop code. - Tighten regexes: Generalize abbreviated AGPL/LGPL/GPL matching. - Tighten regexes: Generalize and improve LGPL matching. - Use Regexp::Pattern::License for shortname resolving (with internal list as fallback until phased out). v3.0.26 2016-09-22 [ Bug Fixes ] - Fix exclude AGPL false positives. [ Other ] - Use generalized license string composition at more places. v3.0.25 2016-09-21 [ Bug Fixes ] - Fix avoid non-digit in version of license Artistic. - Fix delimit multiple licenses with "and/or" (not "or") when ambiguous. - Fix parse whole file for test info-at-eof.h (default length only approximates lines and is too short since String::Copyright 0.003003). [ Test Suite ] - Fix tighten runtime-requirement on PAth__Tiny for visit(). Slaven ReziÄ++ - Update testsuite to reflect Perl license detection. [ Other ] - Apply fallback marker "UNKNOWN" after (not during) license detection. - Detect license CC-BY-SA. - Detect licenses APAFML Adobe-Glyph Adobe-2006 Aladdin SIL FSFAP FSFUL FSFULLR JSON PostgreSQL Unicode-strict Unicode-TOU zlib-acknowledgement. - Enhance detection of Perl license. - Generalize license string composition. - Improve detection of license AGPL. - Improve detection of license Apache. - Improve non-version descriptor matching. - Improve version matching in license detections. - Tighten regexes: Generalize and improve version matching. - Tighten regexes: Simplify space matching (string already normalized). - Tighten regexes: Treat affero as alternative (not prefix) to GPL prefixes lesser and library. v3.0.24 2016-09-03 [ Bug Fixes ] - Fix apply options --check --ignore to full path (not basename). v3.0.23 2016-09-01 [ Bug Fixes ] - Fix skip parsing non-files (regression since v3.0.5). - Fix stop ignore options --check --ignore (regression since v3.0.5). [ Other ] - Use Path::Iterator::Rule. v3.0.22 2016-08-21 [ Bug Fixes ] - Fix have option --deb-machine imply option --deb-fmt. [ Other ] - Adjust SPDX-like shortnames to match Debian format. - Improve detection of GPL/LGPL/AGPL versions. - Stop merge differently cased owners. - Use List::Util and Sort::Key::Multi. - Use https protocol in deb-machine header. v3.0.21 2016-08-20 [ Bug Fixes ] - Really fix strip copyright sign unconditionally. v3.0.20 2016-08-20 [ Bug Fixes ] - Fix strip copyright sign unconditionally. - Fix strip trailing newline from copyrights. v3.0.19 2016-08-19 [ Bug Fixes ] - Fix strip copyright sign with option --deb-machine. [ Documentation ] - Mention in description of --deb-machine option that it implies --copyright. [ Other ] - Add option --copyright-delimiter, including comma by default. - Handle missing year or owner with option --deb-machine. - Require well-formed years when splitting ownerlines with option --deb-machine. v3.0.18 2016-08-13 [ Bug Fixes ] - Fix defaults for options --list-delimiter and --rfc822-delimiter (was one space too many). - Fix stop use obsolete undocumented String::Copyright blocks method. - Fix use NONE for no authors with option --deb-machine. [ Packaging ] - Tighten dependency on String::Copyright. v3.0.17 2016-08-12 - Fix avoid bogus "generated-file" as SPDX license. - Have option --deb-machine imply option --deb-fmt. v3.0.16 2016-08-11 - Add "Auto Generated" to the generated file detection. Paul Wise++ v3.0.15 2016-08-11 [ Documentation ] - Mention in description of --lines option that it does optimistic search. [ Packaging ] - Tighten dependency on String::Copyright to versions supporting configurable threshold. [ Other ] - Do full search when parsing whole file. v3.0.14 2016-08-01 [ Test Suite ] - Flag test involving multi-line multi-statements as TODO (regression since moving to String::Copyright). v3.0.13 2016-07-25 [ Packaging ] - Fix tighten runtime-requirement on PAth__Tiny for visit(). Stuart Prescott++ v3.0.12 2016-07-24 [ Test Suite ] - Fix devscripts test to use curly quotes as metacharacters (not Paranthesis also used within, triggering warnings on some versiones of perl). v3.0.11 2016-07-24 [ Packaging ] - Fix declare runtime-requirement on String::Copyright. v3.0.10 2016-07-24 [ REGRESSIONS ] - No longer detect multi-line multi-statement copyright strings (not yet suppported by String::Copyright). - Now misdetects some chatter as copyright statements (not yet suppported by String::Copyright). [ Test Suite ] - Relax devscripts test: Ignore trailing dot and "All rights reserved" boilerplate. [ Other ] - Use String::Copyright. v3.0.9 2016-07-24 [ Documentation ] - Drop old licensing header from devscripts test: Fully rewritten by now. - Fix decode "©" in --version option output (workaround for Pod::Constants not supporting UTF-8). - Fix some categorizations of old changelog entries. [ Test Suite ] - Rewrite devscripts test to match patterns (not exact strings), and handle varying output on encoding failure. [ Packaging ] - Drop superfluous test-requirement on strictures: Already declared as runtime-requirement. - Fix declare test-recommendation on Software::License (not too vague recommends). [ Other ] - Stop use Unicode features: We don't really do any complex Unicode, so let's try target older perl. - Update headers of module and tests: Strip hashbang; consistently use strictures. v3.0.8 2016-07-24 [ Bug Fixes ] - Avoid superfluous regex modifier /l. [ Packaging ] - Fix tighten test requirement for Test::Script to versions checking for stdout/stderr. [ Other ] - Add "Generated with" to the generated file detection. Paul Wise++ - Pseudo-decode alternative representations for copyright sign and hyphen-minus. v3.0.7 2016-07-20 [ Test Suite ] - Bail out gracefully if Software::License fails to create some licenses. [ Packaging ] - Make Software::License test optional. v3.0.6 2016-07-20 [ Packaging ] - Fix require experimental (for switch feature). [ Other ] - Improve separation of copyright parsing from comment stripping and copyright serializing v3.0.5 2016-07-19 [ SECURITY ] - Fix: Stop dereference symbolic links: non-intuitive and potentially dangerous (possibly introduced in error intended to enable recursion). Sandro Mani++ [ Test Suite ] - Fix tighten rest-requirement on Software::License to versions supporting new_from_short_name(). [ Other ] - Avoid type constraints and all but one coercion, for a 30% speedup in script initialization. - Move find routine to library. - Stop call system command find in script (uses Path::Tiny::visit instead). - Tidy script to rename $file â $path and $files_count â $paths_count where not yet resolved as file. v3.0.4 2016-07-18 [ Test Suite ] - Drop non-working option "--installed" from script tests (leftover from Debian autopkgtest support). - Stop use Path::Tiny in test where unneeded. - Use Test::Script to ensure correct perl invokes script in tests. Slaven ReziÄ++ v3.0.3 2016-07-18 [ Test Suite ] - Use Test::Roo and library calls (not script) for devscripts corpus license coverage tests. [ Packaging ] - Fix require strictures for tests. v3.0.2 2016-07-16 [ Test Suite ] - Add devscripts test tied to devscripts corpus, converted from earlier shunit2 script. - Rewrite Software-License test to stop rely on Debian fork of Software::License (see bug#828218). - Rewrite Software-License test to use Test::Command. [ Packaging ] - Run perlcritic with tidyall, and move tidyall test to xt dir. [ Other ] - Bump license to GPL-3+. - Resolve only regexes actually used. - Use Getopt::Long::Descriptive. - Use experimental given/when switch. v3.0.1 2016-06-29 [ Documentation ] - Add CPAN Request Tracker as alternative bug-database. - Add myself as current author, and claim copyright for recent changes. - Add pre-CPAN changelog entries. - Adjust copyright notice to mention initial committer (not later maintainer). - Link to script from POD DESCRIPTION of library. [ Packaging ] - Tighten tidyall config to avoid cruft in bin dir. v3.0.0 2016-06-27 [ Bug Fixes ] - Fix tighten to use Getopt::Long 2.24: Needed for :config option. [ Documentation ] - Rewrite documentation of options, and --help putput. [ Packaging ] - Initial CPAN release (after being in Debian since 2007, and before that in KDE SDK since 2000). [ Other ] - Added: Add --deb-machine option for Debian "deb5" copyright file format. - Refactor codebase, with up to 400% speedup and reusable parts in a Moo library. - Removed: Drop support for reading configuration from files: Limited use, legacy filenames, and odd parsing by use of risky shell call.