How to use spdx-license-list - 5 common examples
To help you get started, we’ve selected a few spdx-license-list examples, based on popular ways it is used in public projects.
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chialab / rna-cli / commands / init / tasks / license.js View on Github 
module.exports = async function licenseTask(app, options, project) {
const licenseFile = project.file('LICENSE');
const licenseCode = (project.get('license') || 'unlicensed').toLowerCase();
if (licenseCode === 'unlicensed') {
// Package is unlicensed.
if (licenseFile.exists()) {
licenseFile.unlink();
}
app.logger.warn('no license found', project.localPath);
return;
}
// Package actually is licensed.
const list = require('spdx-license-list/spdx-full.json');
const licenses = Object.keys(list).reduce((obj, key) => {
obj[key.toLowerCase()] = list[key].licenseText;
return obj;
}, {});
if (!(licenseCode in licenses)) {
// We don't have a license document for the specified license code.
app.logger.error('invalid license', project.localPath);
return;
}
// Replace placeholders with actual values.
const text = licenses[licenseCode]
.replace(//gi, (new Date()).getFullYear())
.replace(/<(owner|author|copyright\sholders)>/gi, () => {
if (project.get('author')) {
return project.get('author');}
}
if (!packageJson.license) {
let bowerLicenses = new Array();
if (typeof bowerJson.license === 'string') {
bowerLicenses = [bowerJson.license];
} else if (Array.isArray(bowerJson.license)) {
bowerLicenses = bowerJson.license;
}
if (bowerLicenses.length === 1) {
packageJson.license = bowerLicenses[0];
if (packageJson.license.includes('polymer.github.io/LICENSE')) {
packageJson.license = 'BSD-3-Clause';
} else if (!spdxLicenseList.has(bowerLicenses[0])) {
console.warn(
`${bowerJson.name}: ` +
`'${bowerJson.license}' is not a valid SPDX license. ` +
`You can find a list of valid licenses at ` +
`https://spdx.org/licenses/`);
}
} else if (bowerLicenses.length > 1) {
console.warn(
`${bowerJson.name}: Found multiple licenses in bower.json, ` +
`but package.json must have only one.`);
} else {
console.warn(
`${bowerJson.name}: ` +
`Could not automatically find appropriate license. ` +}
}
if (!packageJson.license) {
let bowerLicenses = new Array();
if (typeof bowerJson.license === 'string') {
bowerLicenses = [bowerJson.license];
} else if (Array.isArray(bowerJson.license)) {
bowerLicenses = bowerJson.license;
}
if (bowerLicenses.length === 1) {
packageJson.license = bowerLicenses[0];
if (packageJson.license.includes('polymer.github.io/LICENSE')) {
packageJson.license = 'BSD-3-Clause';
} else if (!spdxLicenseList.has(bowerLicenses[0])) {
console.warn(
`${bowerJson.name}: ` +
`'${bowerJson.license}' is not a valid SPDX license. ` +
`You can find a list of valid licenses at ` +
`https://spdx.org/licenses/`);
}
} else if (bowerLicenses.length > 1) {
console.warn(
`${bowerJson.name}: Found multiple licenses in bower.json, ` +
`but package.json must have only one.`);
} else {
console.warn(
`${bowerJson.name}: ` +
`Could not automatically find appropriate license. ` +function _validateLicense(id: string): string {
if (id === 'UNLICENSED') { return id; }
if (!spdx.has(id)) {
throw new Error(`Invalid license identifier "${id}", see valid license identifiers at https://spdx.org/licenses/`);
}
return id;
}const camelCase = require('camelcase');
const licensesInformation = require('spdx-license-list/spdx-simple.json')
const licenses = licensesInformation.map(name => ({
name,
value: name
}));
const prompts = module.exports = [
{
type: 'input',
name: 'componentName',
message: 'Enter the component name (in PascalCase- no hyphen nor dash):'
},
{
type: 'confirm',
name: 'useComponentFixture',
message: 'Use componentFixture to build example?',
default: true,
group: 'Example',
