Package Exports

spdx-license-list
spdx-license-list/full
spdx-license-list/full.js
spdx-license-list/index.js
spdx-license-list/licenses/ISC
spdx-license-list/licenses/ISC.json
spdx-license-list/licenses/MIT
spdx-license-list/licenses/MIT.json
spdx-license-list/simple
spdx-license-list/simple.js
spdx-license-list/spdx-full
spdx-license-list/spdx-full.json
spdx-license-list/spdx-simple.json

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Readme

spdx-license-list

List of SPDX licenses

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

spdx.json contains just license metadata
spdx-full.json includes the license text too
spdx-simple.json only contains the license IDs

Using SPDX License List version 3.26.0 (2024-12-30)

Install

npm install spdx-license-list

Usage

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

console.log(spdxLicenseList.MIT);
/*
{
    name: 'MIT License',
    url: 'http://www.opensource.org/licenses/MIT',
    osiApproved: true
}
*/

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

console.log(mitLicense.licenseText);
//=> 'MIT License\r\n\r\nCopyright (c) <year> <copyright holders> …'

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

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:

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.