Copyright License Manager

A cli tool for easy management of copyright and licenses in source code headers.

Installation

pip install clmgr

Features

Current supported languages

• C#
• Java
• Python
• TypeScript

Usage

Basic usage:

clmgr -c path/to/config.yml -d path/to/source/directory

Options:

-c, --config FILE     Path to the configuration file (default: copyright.yml)
-d, --dir DIR         Input directory to process (default: current working directory)
-i, --file FILE       Process a single input file
--region REGION       Copyright search region (default: 10)
--debug               Enable verbose logging
--version             Show version information

Arguments

Configuration

Configuration File

The Copyright License Manager (clmgr) uses a YAML configuration file to specify how copyright notices should be managed. By default, it looks for a file named copyright.yml in the current directory, but you can specify a different file using the -c or --config option.

Here's a detailed explanation of the configuration options:

Basic Structure

source:
  - py
  - java
  - cs
  - ts
include:
  - "src/**/*"
exclude:
  - "**/*.min.js"
legal:
  - inception: 2014
    name: Enovation Group B.V.
    locality: Capelle aan den IJssel
    country: NL
format: "Copyright (c) {inception} - {year} [{name} - {locality} - {country}]"
license:
  enabled: true
  external: false
  content: All rights reserved.

Configuration Options

source

A list of file extensions to process. Supported values include 'py', 'java', 'cs', 'ts'.

include

A list of glob patterns to include files for processing.

exclude

A list of glob patterns to exclude files from processing.

legal

A list of legal entities associated with the copyright. Each entity can have the following properties:

• inception: The year when the copyright started
• name: The name of the copyright holder
• locality: The city or locality of the copyright holder
• country: The country code of the copyright holder

format

The format string for each row in the copyright notice. This property is optional and by default, it is set to SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) {inception} - {year} [{name} - {locality} - {country}]. The following placeholders can be used:

• inception: The year when the copyright started
• year: The current year
• name: The name of the copyright holder
• locality: The city or locality of the copyright holder
• country: The country code of the copyright holder

license

Settings for the license notice:

• enabled: Whether to include a license notice (true/false)
• external: Whether to use an external license file (true/false)
• content: The content of the license notice (if not using an external file)

Advanced Configuration

Multiple Legal Entities

You can specify multiple legal entities in the legal section:

legal:
  - inception: 2014
    name: Mars Hospital
    locality: Rotterdam
    country: NL
  - inception: 2016
    name: Lunar Base
    locality: Capelle aan den IJssel
    country: NL
  - inception: 2018
    name: Enovation Group B.V.
    locality: Capelle aan den IJssel
    country: NL

This is useful when the copyright has been transferred between different entities over time.

Removing Copyright Notices

Copyright statements that are not defined in the legal block will be removed.

External License File

If you want to use an external file for the license notice:

license:
  enabled: true
  external: true

Examples

1. Basic configuration for a single company with license:

   source:
     - py
     - java
   legal:
     - inception: 2015
       name: Enovation Group B.V.
       locality: Capelle aan den IJssel
       country: NL
   license:
     enabled: true
     content: All rights reserved.
   

2. Configuration with multiple legal entities, removals, and custom license:

   source:
     - java
     - ts
     - cs
     - py
   legal:
     - inception: 2014
       name: Mars Hospital
       locality: Rotterdam
       country: NL
     - inception: 2017
       name: Lunar Base
       locality: Capelle aan den IJssel
       country: NL
     - inception: 2019
       name: Enovation Group B.V.
       locality: Capelle aan den IJssel
       country: NL
   license:
     enabled: true
     external: false
     content: All rights reserved.
   include:
   exclude:
   

Docker

Build the docker container locally.

docker build -t clmgr:latest .

--network=host might be needed for the container build to resolve the DNS from the host machine.

Run the docker container in a project.

docker run -v .:/work -it clmgr:latest

-v .:/work will mount the current directory to work dir in the docker container.

Contributing

We welcome contributions to the Copyright License Manager!

For information on contributing to this project, please see our Development Guide <DEVELOPMENT.rst>_.