LICENSING(1)

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version 0.0.9 · 5 versions
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💖 LICENSING(1) 💖

okay bestie, so this is the User Commands corner of the manual, and we're talking about licensing — a whole program for adding license notices to files. yes, THAT licensing. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

licensing — a program for adding license notices to files. that's the whole vibe. it puts license notices in your files so you don't have to do it manually like some kind of medieval peasant 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

licensing [OPTION...] [COMMAND [OPTION...]]

literally just options, and then maybe a command with its own options. very demure, very mindful.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

A command-line interface for free software licensing. that's it. that's the girl. she works from the terminal, she handles your licensing business, no cap 💖

🦋 The most commonly used commands are:

  • apply — Prepend the current working boilerplate to a file. like, takes whatever boilerplate you've got loaded up right now and slaps it on the top of your file. iconic.
  • boilerplate — Show or remove the boilerplate text at the top of a file. you can look at it, or you can make it gone. both valid 🧚
  • choose — Pick license and comment style for the working boilerplate. this is where you decide what your boilerplate is gonna BE. main character decision honestly.
  • copyright — Add or modify copyright notices in the working boilerplate. gotta get your name on it bestie 👑
  • detect — Statistically determine the license notice of a file. she reads the file and is like "hmm, statistically? this is giving MIT." detective energy fr fr 🔍

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • -q, --quiet — don't show the welcome message. no greeting, no small talk, just business 🙈
  • -?, --help — give this help list. the classic. the legend.
  • --usage — give a short usage message. the abridged version, for when you're in a hurry ⭐
  • -V, --version — print program version. so you know exactly which girl you're dealing with 💜
To see a list of all commands type licensing help. — yes, that's a whole backtick situation in the original, and honestly? slay for that. go type it, there's more where this came from.

😭 REPORTING BUGS 😭

found a bug? not her fault, but also please tell her. Report bugs to <http://sv.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=licenseutils>.

it's giving "please be nice about it" energy. and we will be. 🎀

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

The full documentation for licensing is maintained as a Texinfo manual. so if you want the FULL full version, the deluxe director's cut, that's where it lives.

If the info and licensing programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info licensing

should give you access to the complete manual. run it. read it. absorb it. become the licensing expert 🌈

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this was the licenseutils manual, from the October 2025 release, page LICENSING(1) — thank you for coming to my ted talk, go add some license notices, mwah 💖🌸✨

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