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NAME

6       licensecheck - simple license checker for source files
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VERSION

9       Version v3.0.36
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SYNOPSIS

12       licensecheck --help|--version
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14       licensecheck [options...] path [path...]
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DESCRIPTION

17       licensecheck attempts to determine the license that applies to each
18       file passed to it, by searching the start of the file for text
19       belonging to various licenses.
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21       If any of the arguments passed are directories, licensecheck will add
22       the files contained within to the list of files to process.
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SEE ALSO

25       Other similar tools exist.
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27       Here is a list of known tools also command-line based and general-
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30       copyright-update <https://github.com/jaalto/project--copyright-update>
31                       Written in Perl.
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33       debmake <http://anonscm.debian.org/git/collab-maint/debmake.git>
34                       Written in Python.
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36                       Specific to Debian packages.
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38       decopy <https://anonscm.debian.org/git/collab-maint/decopy.git>
39                       Written in Python.
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41                       )item Licensee <http://ben.balter.com/licensee/>
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43                       Written in Ruby.
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45       LicenseFinder <https://github.com/pivotal/LicenseFinder>
46                       Written in Ruby.
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48       ninka <http://ninka.turingmachine.org/>
49                       Written in C++.
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51                       Used in FOSSology <http://fossology.org/> (along with
52                       Monk and Nomos apparently unavailable as standalone
53                       command-line tools).
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55       ripper <https://github.com/odeke-em/ripper>
56                       Written in Go.
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58       scancode-toolkit <https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit>
59                       Written in Python.
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AUTHOR

62       Jonas Smedegaard "<dr@jones.dk>"
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65       This program is based on the script "licensecheck" from the KDE SDK,
66       originally introduced by Stefan Westerfeld "<stefan@space.twc.de>".
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68         Copyright © 2007, 2008 Adam D. Barratt
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70         Copyright © 2012 Francesco Poli
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72         Copyright © 2016 Jonas Smedegaard
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74       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
75       under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
76       Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any
77       later version.
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79       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
80       WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
81       MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
82       General Public License for more details.
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84       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
85       with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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