Module::Install::AutoLicense (3pm)

  # In Makefile.PL

  use inc::Module::Install;
  author 'Vestan Pants';
  license 'perl';
  auto_license;

An appropriate \*(C`LICENSE\*(C' file will be generated for your distribution.

Module::Install::AutoLicense is a Module::Install extension that generates a \*(C`LICENSE\*(C' file automatically whenever the author runs \*(C`Makefile.PL\*(C'. On the user side it does nothing.

When \*(C`make distclean\*(C' is invoked by the author, the \*(C`LICENSE\*(C' is removed.

The appropriate license to determined from the meta provided with the \*(C`license\*(C' command and the holder of the license from the \*(C`author\*(C' command.

Software::License is used to generate the \*(C`LICENSE\*(C' file.

This plugin adds the following Module::Install command: Does nothing on the user-side. On the author-side it will generate a \*(C`LICENSE\*(C' file according to the previously supplied \*(C`license\*(C' command. The \*(C`holder\*(C' of the license is determined from the \*(C`author\*(C' meta or may be specified using the \*(C`holder\*(C' parameter. auto_license( holder => 'Vestan Pants and Ivor Biggun' ); It is important to note that the \*(C`auto_license\*(C' must follow \*(C`author\*(C' and \*(C`license\*(C' commands in the \*(C`Makefile.PL\*(C' ( as demonstrated in the \s-1SYNOPSIS\s0 above ), otherwise the meta these commands provide will be unavailable to \*(C`auto_license\*(C'. Call it a feature.

Chris \*(C`BinGOs\*(C' Williams

Copyright X Chris Williams

This module may be used, modified, and distributed under the same terms as Perl itself. Please see the license that came with your Perl distribution for details.

Module::Install

Software::License