Opensource-License-Compatibility-from-DoWell 0.1.0

Opensource License Compatibility from DoWell

Dowell Opensource License Compatibility Library

Version 0.1.0

Description

The DoWell Legalzard Package provides a seamless interface to the Dowell Opensource License Compatibility Library powered

by DoWell UX Living Lab.

The Dowell Opensource License Compatibility Library provides access to a wide range of legal information and resources. It allows developers to retrieve

information about software licenses, legal documents, legal entities, check license compatibility, and more. The library

aims to facilitate the integration of legal information into applications, websites, or other software systems.

Installation

pip install Opensource-License-Compatibility-from-DoWell

Usage

Import the package

from doWellOpensourceLicenseCompatibility import doWellOpensourceLicenseCompatibility

Create an instance of the API. You use this instance to access all the package-API methods

license = doWellOpensourceLicenseCompatibility(api_key='YOUR-VALID-API-KEY')

Features

This library offers all the features through the doWellOpensourceLicenseCompatibility

1. Creating Licenses

   Use the method get_all

   Get all licenses submitted.

   The method returns a response body with two parameters, isSucsess, a boolean showing retrieval status

   and data, a list of licenses.

2. Retrieving all licenses

   Create a license by adding all the fields required by using the create method which accepts one argument in the

   form of a dictionary. This argument contains all the license information to be created.

3. Retrieving a single license

   Retrieve license information using an ID by using the method retrieve and passing an Id. The response is

   similar to the get_all method but the list of of licenses only contains a single license.

4. Updating a license

   Use the update method. This method updates the license information stored on the database. It accepts two

   arguments, id and license object as a dictionary similar to what the create method accepts.

5. Deleting a license

   Using the delete method pass an id and to remove license.

6. Searching for a license

   The API the feature of search for licenses containing a specific phrase. The method accepts a search_term

   argument and returns a response object similar to the get_all method with list of matching licenses.

7. Retrieving license compatibility.

   Use the check_compatibility method to check the level of compatibility of two licenses.

   The method accepts a comparison_data dictionary.

8. Check Comparison History

   Get the comparison history by user using the get_compatibility_history method that accepts two

   arguments, organization_id and user_id. The response object contains a list of comparison history

   objects.pip

Configuration

• The Package requires a valid API key for authentication.

Dependecies

• requests : Required to make HTTP requests

• json : Require to parse data as JSON objects

Library Reference

Methods

• __init__(api_key) Initializes the package

• get_all() Retrieves all of the licenses

• create(license: dict) Creates a license in the databases. See examples for parameters

• retrieve(event_id) Fetch license information by ID

• update(event_id: str, license: dict) Updates an already existing license by receiving its ID and new

  license information

• delete(event_id: str) Deletes a license by ID

• search(search_term: str) Find a license by passing a phrase within the license

• check_compatibility(comparison_data: dict) Check the compatibility of two licenses by passing a dictionary with

  the license information. See data exmples for parameters.

• get_compatibility_history(organization_id: str = None, user_id: str = None) Retrieves compatibility check

  history. It receives to optional parameters organization_id and user_id.

Examples

Usage Examples

from doWellOpensourceLicenseCompatibility import doWellOpensourceLicenseCompatibility



license = doWellOpensourceLicenseCompatibility(api_key='<YOUR_API_KEY>')



# Get licenses

all = license.get_all()



# Search License

srch = license.search('personal info')

Data Examples

• License creation parameters

  {
  
               "license_name": "Test & Sample",
  
               "license_tags": [],
  
               "version": "No Version",
  
               "type_of_license": "PERMISSIVE",
  
               "short_description": "You can copy,modify and distribute this license as long as you fulfill license requirements.",
  
               "description": "The SFL (Standard Function Library) from iMatix is a portable function library for C/C++ programs.The SFL is written in ANSI C and has been ported to MS-DOS, Windows, OS/2, Linux and other UNIX systems and Digital OpenVMS. It comes with complete sources and documentation in HTML. The SFL is free software that you may use and distribute for private or commercial purposes according to license agreement.",
  
               "disclaimer": "Copyright © 1991-2000 iMatix Corporation.",
  
               "risk_for_choosing_license": "This license places a lot of conditions on use and distribution of it.",
  
               "limitation_of_liability": "In no event and under no legal theory, whether in tort (including negligence), contract, or otherwise, unless required by applicable law (such as deliberate and grossly negligent acts) or agreed to in writing, shall any Contributor be liable to You for damages, including any direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages of any character arising as a result of this License or out of the use or inability to use the Work (including but not limited to damages for loss of goodwill, work stoppage, computer failure or malfunction, or any and all other commercial damages or losses), even if such Contributor has been advised of the possibility of such damages.",
  
               "license_url": "https://spdx.org/licenses/iMatix.html",
  
               "logo_detail": {
  
                   "filename": "img_02c8ccb5-3ffb-4737-83db-effb3da529ed.png",
  
                   "actual_filename": "Logo.png",
  
                   "file_extension": "png",
  
                   "url": "https://100080.pythonanywhere.com/media/img/img_02c8ccb5-3ffb-4737-83db-effb3da529ed.png"
  
               },
  
               "recommendation": "",
  
               "is_active": false,
  
               "permissions": [
  
                   {
  
                       "action": "Patent Use",
  
                       "permission": "No",
  
                       "has_other_condition": false
  
                   },
  
                   {
  
                       "action": "Patent Grant",
  
                       "permission": "No",
  
                       "has_other_condition": false
  
                   }
  
               ],
  
               "conditions": [
  
                   {
  
                       "action": "Disclose Source Code",
  
                       "permission": "No",
  
                       "has_other_condition": false
  
                   },
  
                   {
  
                       "action": "Network Use is for Distribution",
  
                       "permission": "No",
  
                       "has_other_condition": false
  
                   },
  
                   {
  
                       "action": "Release Under Same License",
  
                       "permission": "Yes",
  
                       "has_other_condition": false
  
                   },
  
                   {
  
                       "action": "State Changes",
  
                       "permission": "Yes",
  
                       "has_other_condition": false
  
                   },
  
                   {
  
                       "action": "Code can be used in closed source project",
  
                       "permission": "No",
  
                       "has_other_condition": false
  
                   },
  
                   {
  
                       "action": "Copied",
  
                       "permission": "Yes",
  
                       "has_other_condition": false
  
                   },
  
                   {
  
                       "action": "Distributed",
  
                       "permission": "Yes",
  
                       "has_other_condition": true
  
                   },
  
                   {
  
                       "action": "Reproduced",
  
                       "permission": "Yes",
  
                       "has_other_condition": false
  
                   },
  
                   {
  
                       "action": "Modified",
  
                       "permission": "Yes",
  
                       "has_other_condition": true
  
                   },
  
                   {
  
                       "action": "Commercial Used",
  
                       "permission": "Yes",
  
                       "has_other_condition": false
  
                   }
  
               ],
  
               "limitations": [
  
                   {
  
                       "action": "Liability",
  
                       "permission": "No",
  
                       "has_other_condition": false
  
                   },
  
                   {
  
                       "action": "Warranty",
  
                       "permission": "No",
  
                       "has_other_condition": false
  
                   },
  
                   {
  
                       "action": "Trademark use",
  
                       "permission": "No",
  
                       "has_other_condition": false
  
                   },
  
                   {
  
                       "action": "Redistribution",
  
                       "permission": "Yes",
  
                       "has_other_condition": true
  
                   }
  
               ],
  
               "references": [],
  
               "laws": "Not Fixed",
  
               "sources": [
  
                   {
  
                       "action": "FSF Approved",
  
                       "permission": "Yes"
  
                   },
  
                   {
  
                       "action": "OSI Approved",
  
                       "permission": "No"
  
                   }
  
               ],
  
               "must_includes": [
  
                   {
  
                       "action": "License",
  
                       "permission": "Yes"
  
                   },
  
                   {
  
                       "action": "Copyright Notice",
  
                       "permission": "Yes"
  
                   }
  
               ]
  
           }
  

• Compatibility Check parameters

   {
  
   "license_event_id_one": "FB1010000000167238702450728865",
  
   "license_event_id_two": "FB1010000000167247184554419413",
  
   "user_id": 609,
  
   "organization_id": "63cf89a0dcc2a171957b290b"
  
   }
  

License

• Apache License 2.0