Spdx-license-data NPM

spdx-license-data

Open Source licenses as JSON

The data is automatically fetched from these repositories every day:

The information is then merged and committed into the repository if changes were made.

Data

License objects have the following fields:

id — Short identifier specified by spdx.org/licenses
title — The license name specified by spdx.org/licenses
description — A human-readable description of the license
howToUse — Instructions on how to implement the license
note — Additional information about the licenses
isOsiApproved — Whether this license is OSI approved
isFsfLibre — Whether this license complies with the definition of free software by the FSF
permissions (array, see below)
conditions (array, see below)
limitations (array, see below)
text — The license text with [placeholders]:
- [fullname] — The full name or username of the copyright owner
- [login] — The copyright owner's username
- [email] — The copyright owner's primary email address
- [project] — The project name
- [description] — The description of the project
- [year] — The current year
- [projecturl] — The repository URL or other project website

Permissions

commercial-use — The software and derivatives may be used for commercial purposes.
modifications — The software may be modified.
distribution — The software may be distributed.
private-use — The software may be used and modified in private.
patent-use — The license provides an express grant of patent rights from contributors.

Conditions

include-copyright — A copy of the license and copyright notice must be included with the software.
include-copyright--source — A copy of the license and copyright notice must be included with the software in source form, but is not required for binaries.
document-changes — Changes made to the code must be documented.
disclose-source — Source code must be made available when the software is distributed.
network-use-disclose — Users who interact with the software via network are given the right to receive a copy of the source code.
same-license — Modifications must be released under the same license when distributing the software. In some cases a similar or related license may be used.
same-license--file — Modifications of existing files must be released under the same license when distributing the software. In some cases a similar or related license may be used.
same-license--library — Modifications must be released under the same license when distributing the software. In some cases a similar or related license may be used, or this condition may not apply to works that use the software as a library.

Limitations

trademark-use — The license explicitly states that it does NOT grant trademark rights, even though licenses without such a statement probably do not grant any implicit trademark rights.
liability — The license includes a limitation of liability.
patent-use — The license explicitly states that it does NOT grant any rights in the patents of contributors.
warranty — The license explicitly states that it does NOT provide any warranty.

Files

All files are located in the data directory.

licenses.json — An array of all license objects without the text field.
licenses.full.json — An array of all license objects.
license-names.json — An array of all license IDs.
licenses/[id].json — The license object for [id] without the text field.
licenses/[id].txt — The license text for [id].
licenses/[id].full.json — The license object for [id].

They are served under https://license-data.moritzruth.de.

Example: To access data/licenses/0BSD.json, use https://license-data.moritzruth.de/licenses/0BSD.json

NPM

npm

npm install spdx-license-data
# or
yarn add spdx-license-data

Usage:

import licenses from "spdx-license-data"

console.log(`There are ${licenses.length} licenses.`)
console.log(`Title of the AFL-3.0 license: ${licenses.find(license => license.id === "AFL-3.0").title}`)