Config...License(3pm)

📦
version 3.026 · 6 versions
, in ubuntu stonking

💖 Config...License(3pm) — the girlies' guide 💖

okay so bestie, this is a page from the User Contributed Perl Documentation section, and it's called Config::Model::models::Dpkg::Copyright::FileLicense. Yes the name is a whole mouthful. We do not gatekeep, we just learn it. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

Config::Model::models::Dpkg::Copyright::FileLicense — it's a Configuration class for Dpkg::Copyright::FileLicense. That's it. That's the name. Slay.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

These are the Configuration classes that Config::Model uses. Think of them as the lil blueprint that tells the config tool what's allowed to live in here. 🎀

🦋 Elements 🦋

💅 full_license

okay so if you leave this blank here, the file must include a stand-alone License section, and that section has to match each license short name listed on the first line — like, actually matching, no cap. (see the Standalone License Section section for the deets).

Otherwise? This field should either:

  • include the full text of the license(s), or
  • include a pointer to the license file under /usr/share/common-licenses

And this field should include all text needed in order to fulfill both:

  • the Debian Policy requirement for including a copy of the software distribution license, and
  • any license requirements to include warranty disclaimers or other notices with the binary package

It's Optional. Type: string. 💖

🎀 short_name

This is the lil abbreviated name for the license. If it's empty, it gets given the default value 'other'.

⚠️ Only one license per file can use this default value! So if there's more than one license in the package without a standard short name, an arbitrary short name may be assigned for these licenses. And heads up — these arbitrary names are only guaranteed to be unique within a single copyright file. Don't go expecting more than that. 💀

The name you give must match a License described in the License element in the root node.

It's Optional. Type: uniline.

Here are some explanations on the possible values (aka the lore 👑):

  • 'Apache' — Apache license. For versions, consult the Apache_Software_Foundation.
  • 'Artistic' — Artistic license. For versions, consult the Perl_Foundation
  • 'BSD-2-clause' — Berkeley software distribution license, 2-clause version
  • 'BSD-3-clause' — Berkeley software distribution license, 3-clause version
  • 'BSD-4-clause' — Berkeley software distribution license, 4-clause version
  • 'CC-BY' — Creative Commons Attribution license
  • 'CC-BY-NC' — Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial
  • 'CC-BY-NC-ND' — Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives
  • 'CC-BY-NC-SA' — Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike
  • 'CC-BY-ND' — Creative Commons Attribution No Derivatives
  • 'CC-BY-SA' — Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike license
  • 'CC0' — Creative Commons Universal waiver
  • 'CDDL' — Common Development and Distribution License. For versions, consult Sun Microsystems.
  • 'CPL' — IBM Common Public License. For versions, consult the IBM_Common_Public License_(CPL)_Frequently_asked_questions.
  • 'EFL' — The Eiffel Forum License. For versions, consult the Open_Source_Initiative
  • 'Expat' — The Expat license
  • 'FreeBSD' — FreeBSD Project license
  • 'GFDL' — GNU Free Documentation License
  • 'GFDL-NIV' — GNU Free Documentation License, with no invariant sections
  • 'GPL' — GNU General Public License
  • 'ISC' — Internet_Software_Consortium's license, sometimes also known as the OpenBSD License
  • 'LGPL' — GNU Lesser General Public License, (GNU Library General Public License for versions lower than 2.1)
  • 'LPPL' — LaTeX Project Public License
  • 'MPL' — Mozilla Public License. For versions, consult Mozilla.org
  • 'Perl' — Perl license (equates to "GPL-1+ or Artistic-1")
  • 'Python-CNRI' — Python Software Foundation license. For versions, consult the Python_Software Foundation
  • 'QPL' — Q Public License
  • 'W3C' — W3C Software License. For more information, consult the W3C IntellectualRights FAQ and the 20021231 W3C_Software_notice_and_license
  • 'ZLIB' — zlib/libpng_license
  • 'Zope' — Zope Public License. For versions, consult Zope.org
⭐ Note: short_name is migrated with '$replace{$alias}' and with:
  • $alias => "- - License-Alias"
  • $replace{Perl} => "Artistic or GPL-1+"

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

  • cme

💜 AUTHOR 💜

Dominique Dumont — iconic, we love to see it.

2010,2011 Dominique Dumont

👑 LICENSE 👑

LGPL2

and that's the whole vibe check bestie — this was pulled from perl v5.42.3, dated 2026-08-30, filed under Config...License(3pm) in the User Contributed Perl Documentation. go forth and license responsibly fr fr 💖✨🎀🦋

📦 where this page comes from