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Merges multiple copyright files into a single file and install it. Installs a single copyright file.
vcpkg_install_copyright(FILE_LIST <file1> <file2>... [COMMENT])Specifies a list of license files with absolute paths. You must provide at least one file.
This optional parameter adds a comment before at the top of the file.
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...
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})