---
name: "Module::Install::Copyright"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libmodule-install-copyright-perl"
version: "0.009-4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Module::Install::Copyright"
---

# Module::Install::Copyright(3pm)

package a COPYRIGHT file with a distribution

## NAME

Module::Install::Copyright - package a COPYRIGHT file with a distribution

## SYNOPSIS

In Makefile.PL:

```
        write_copyright_file;
```

## DESCRIPTION

Extracts copyright and licensing information from embedded pod and/or RDF metadata included in the distribution, and outputs it as a text file called "COPYRIGHT" which should roughly conform to the Debian copyright file format.

This module provides one function for use in Module::Install-based Makefile.PL scripts:

- "write\_copyright\_file"

  ## BUGS

Please report any bugs to \<http://rt.cpan.org/Dist/Display.html?Queue=Module-Install-Copyright\>.

## SEE ALSO

This is a plugin for Module::Install.

It relies on metadata from Module::Install::RDF.

It outputs data roughly conforming to \<http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/\>.

## AUTHOR

Toby Inkster \<tobyink@cpan.org\>.

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

This software is copyright (c) 2012-2013 by Toby Inkster.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

## DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.