https://github.com/sindresorhus/spdx-license-list

List of SPDX licenses
https://github.com/sindresorhus/spdx-license-list

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List of SPDX licenses

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/sindresorhus/spdx-license-list
• Owner: sindresorhus
• License: cc0-1.0
• Created: 2014-08-05T20:02:07.000Z (over 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-02-21T18:59:13.000Z (12 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-01-24T21:08:24.708Z (10 days ago)
• Topics: javascript, json, list, nodejs, spdx, spdx-licenses
• Language: JavaScript
• Size: 4.04 MB
• Stars: 88
• Watchers: 9
• Forks: 16
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: readme.md
  • License: license

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# spdx-license-list

> List of [SPDX licenses](https://spdx.org/licenses/)

The lists of licenses are just JSON files and can be used anywhere.

- [spdx.json](spdx.json) contains just license metadata

- [spdx-full.json](spdx-full.json) includes the license text too

- [spdx-simple.json](spdx-simple.json) only contains the license IDs

*Using SPDX License List version 3.23 (2024-02-08)*

## Install

```sh

npm install spdx-license-list

```

## Usage

```js

const spdxLicenseList = require('spdx-license-list');

console.log(spdxLicenseList.MIT);

/*

{

	name: 'MIT License',

	url: 'http://www.opensource.org/licenses/MIT',

	osiApproved: true

}

*/

```

```js

const mitLicense = require('spdx-license-list/licenses/MIT');

console.log(mitLicense.licenseText);

//=> 'MIT License\r\n\r\nCopyright (c)   …'

```

You can also get a version with the licence text included:

```js

const spdxLicenseList = require('spdx-license-list/full');

console.log(spdxLicenseList.MIT);

/*

{

	name: 'MIT License',

	url: 'http://www.opensource.org/licenses/MIT',

	osiApproved: true,

	licenseText: '…'

}

*/

```

Or just the license IDs as a `Set`:

```js

const spdxLicenseList = require('spdx-license-list/simple');

console.log(spdxLicenseList);

//=> Set {'Glide', 'Abstyles', …}

```

## API

### spdxLicenseList

Type: `object`

The licenses are indexed by their identifier and contains a `name` property with the full name of the license, `url` with the URL to the license, and `osiApproved` boolean for whether the license is [OSI Approved](https://opensource.org/licenses).