Liblicense
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| Description of Software | Low-level license metadata integration for applications. |
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| Bug Tracker | Link to Bug Tracker |
| Code Repository | Link to Code repository |
| Mailing List | Link to Mailing list |
What is liblicense?
liblicense provides a straight-forward way for developers to build license-aware applications. liblicense utilizes a pluggable module system for reading and writing metadata from specific file types, allowing extensibility for specific content types.
- For a brief introduction video, check Asheesh Laroia talking about liblicense
- To see liblicense in action take a look at License tagger, the cross platform file metadata editor.
Future Improvements
- Supports verification URLs for metadata verification
Architecture
Media
See Operating System Mockups for ideas on how liblicense could be integrated into various platforms.
Download
- Latest Release tar.gz
- Debian and Ubuntu repositories.
- Read the tutorial.
More Information
- Release History and Roadmap
- Desktop Integration
- Screenshots
- RDF Reference
- File Metadata Information
- Library Documentation (generated from source)
- Buildbot helps test out liblicense on various platforms.
See Also
- Companion File metadata specification
- Tracker CC Indexing - also there is a great chart showing progress on reading/writing different filetypes (copied above).
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