Bug#978110: ITP: libsoftware-license-orlaterpack-perl -- Use GNU licenses with "or later" clause in Software::License
Package: wnpp
Owner: Axel Beckert <abe@debian.org>
Severity: wishlist
* Package name : libsoftware-license-orlaterpack-perl
Version : 0.10.2
Upstream Author : Van de Bugger <van.de.bugger@gmail.com>
* URL : https://metacpan.org/release/Software-License-OrLaterPack
* License : GPL-3+
Programming Lang: Perl
Description : Use GNU licenses with "or later" clause in Software::License
Software::License::OrLaterPack allows one to use GNU licenses with
"or later" clause where Software::License style license names are
supported.
All "or later" are just subclasses of corresponding base license
classes. For example, Software::License::GPL_3::or_later is a
subclass of Software::License::GPL_3, so any "or later" license can
be used like any other license. For example, in your dist.ini file:
license = GPL_3::or_later
However, licenses in the pack introduce few features not found in
base classes.
The package will be maintained under the umbrella of the Debian Perl Group.
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