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vcpkg_install_copyright

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Merges multiple copyright files into a single file and install it. Installs a single copyright file.

Usage

vcpkg_install_copyright(FILE_LIST <file1> <file2>... [COMMENT])

Parameters

FILE_LIST

Specifies a list of license files with absolute paths. You must provide at least one file.

COMMENT

This optional parameter adds a comment before at the top of the file.

Notes

This function creates a file called copyright inside ${CURRENT_PACKAGES_DIR}/share/${PORT}

If more than one file is provided, this function concatenates the contents of multiple copyright files to a single file.

The resulting copyright file looks similar to this:

LICENSE-LGPL2.txt:

Lorem ipsum dolor...

LICENSE-MIT.txt:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet...

Or with COMMENT:

A meaningful comment

LICENSE-LGPL2.txt:

Lorem ipsum dolor...

LICENSE-MIT.txt:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet...

Examples

vcpkg_install_copyright(FILE_LIST "${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE/license.md" "${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSE/license_gpl.md" COMMENT "This is a comment")

You can also collect the required files using a GLOB pattern:

file(GLOB LICENSE_FILES "${SOURCE_PATH}/LICENSES/*")
vcpkg_install_copyright(FILE_LIST ${LICENSE_FILES})

Source

vcpkg_install_copyright.md