[License-discuss] Database of all licenses?

James purpleidea at gmail.com
Wed Apr 7 03:03:02 UTC 2021


Hi,

Does someone have a large database of software licenses and/or patent
notices? I already have SPDX, but I'm interested in a larger
compendium. I'd ideally like to consume these from an authoritative
source in git, similar to spdx, but I will make my own repo and
publish it if I can't find that. I don't care if the licenses are free
or proprietary. The minimum fields would need to be the full license
text in canonical form, and the license name. A common unique
short-name would be great too, but isn't required.

I'm doing some work on license analysis, and I'd prefer not having to
curate my own list if possible. I'd also like to assign each of these
a unique name similar to SPDX. I suppose getting the blackduck
database would be an excellent option, but I imagine that data might
be proprietary, and I'd like to consume and publish this freely in
git.

Thanks!
James



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