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)
npm install spdx-license-listconst 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', …}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.