https://github.com/domcleal/spdx-licenses

SPDX license and identifier lookup
https://github.com/domcleal/spdx-licenses

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SPDX license and identifier lookup

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/domcleal/spdx-licenses
• Owner: domcleal
• License: mit
• Created: 2014-12-09T10:25:28.000Z (over 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-07-14T17:58:20.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-12T07:57:17.324Z (over 1 year ago)
• Topics: ruby, spdx, spdx-licenses
• Language: Ruby
• Size: 53.7 KB
• Stars: 14
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 12
• Open Issues: 5
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# spdx-licenses

A Ruby library around the [SPDX license data](http://spdx.org/licenses/),

which provides a set of standard identifiers for open source licenses.

The data is maintained by [SPDX](http://spdx.org/). This library

redistributes the [licenses JSON file](https://spdx.org/licenses/licenses.json).

## Installation

    $ gem install spdx-licenses

or in your Gemfile:

    gem 'spdx-licenses'

## Versioning

This gem and its API is versioned according to semver.  Minor releases may

contain updates to the SPDX License List data.

| spdx-licenses | SPDX License List |

|---------------|-------------------|

| 1.0.0         | 1.2.0             |

| 1.1.0         | 2.4               |

| 1.2.0         | 3.1               |

| 1.3.0         | 3.11-54           |

## Usage

    > lic = SpdxLicenses.lookup('Apache-2.0')

    > lic.id

    "Apache-2.0"

    > lic.name

    "Apache License 2.0"

    > lic.osi_approved?

    true

    > SpdxLicenses.lookup('Unknown')

    nil

    > SpdxLicenses.exist?('Apache-2.0')

    true

    > SpdxLicenses.exist?('Unknown')

    false

## License

Copyright (c) 2014-2021 Dominic Cleal.  Distributed under the MIT license.