---
name: "Software::LicenseMoreUtils::LicenseWithSummary"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libsoftware-licensemoreutils-perl"
version: "1.009-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Software::LicenseMoreUtils::LicenseWithSummary"
---

# Software::LicenseMoreUtils::LicenseWithSummary(3pm)

Software::License with a summary

## NAME

Software::LicenseMoreUtils::LicenseWithSummary - Software::License with a summary

## VERSION

version 1.009

## SYNOPSIS

See Software::LicenseMoreUtils. This class should be created with\
   "new\_from\_short\_name" in Software::LicenseMoreUtils

## DESCRIPTION

This module provides a wrapper around all `"Software::License::*"` to add a summary.

## Methods

This class provides all the methods of the underlying Software::License object and the following methods.

### summary

Returns the license summary, or an empty string.

### summary\_or\_text

Returns the license summary or the text of the license. Like "fulltext" in Software::License, this method also returns the copyright notice **if** `"holder"` parameter was set when calling "new\_from\_short\_name" in Software::LicenseMoreUtils.

### distribution

Returns the name of the Linux distribution found by this module. This method is intended for tests or debugging.

### license\_class

Returns the Perl class name of the underlying Software::License object. E.g. `"Software::License::AGPL_3"`

## AUTHOR

Dominique Dumont

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2018, 2022 by Dominique Dumont.

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