licensematrix 2021.1.2

List of popular open source licenses with naive functions to determine compatibility and search for a license from a string

LicenseMatrix

List of popular open source licenses with naive functions to determine compatibility and search for a license from a string.

Data sourced from tldrlegal.com and EmbarkStudios has been enriched with spdx ids and pypi classifier data.

Credits

tldrlegal.com

Thanks to https://tldrlegal.com/ for the some of the license data. Also check out https://fossa.com/ who provide License Compliance for Business and Enterprise.

EmbarkStudios

Thanks to EmbarkStudios for an additional info on 400 licenses. https://github.com/EmbarkStudios/spdx/blob/d38660119f5abb37dd13a5bfc86966ba68440b59/src/identifiers.rs

spdx

Used to enrich with spdx ids https://github.com/spdx/license-list-data/blob/master/json/licenses.json

pypi.org

Classifiers list https://pypi.org/classifiers/

Table of Contents

• Credits
  • tldrlegal.com
  • EmbarkStudios
  • spdx
  • pypi.org
• Documentation
• Install With PIP
• Language information
  • Built for
• Install Python on Windows
  • Chocolatey
  • Download
• Install Python on Linux
  • Apt
• How to run
  • With VSCode
  • From the Terminal
• Download Project
  • Clone
    • Using The Command Line
    • Using GitHub Desktop
  • Download Zip File
• Community Files
  • Licence
  • Changelog
  • Code of Conduct
  • Contributing
  • Security
  • Support
  • Rationale

Documentation

See the Docs for more information.

Install With PIP

pip install licensematrix

Head to https://pypi.org/project/licensematrix/ for more info

Language information

Built for

This program has been written for Python 3 and has been tested with Python version 3.9.0 https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-380/.

Install Python on Windows

Chocolatey

choco install python

Download

To install Python, go to https://www.python.org/ and download the latest version.

Install Python on Linux

Apt

sudo apt install python3.9

How to run

With VSCode

1. Open the .py file in vscode
2. Ensure a python 3.9 interpreter is selected (Ctrl+Shift+P > Python:Select Interpreter > Python 3.9)
3. Run by pressing Ctrl+F5 (if you are prompted to install any modules, accept)

From the Terminal

./[file].py

Download Project

Clone

Using The Command Line

1. Press the Clone or download button in the top right
2. Copy the URL (link)
3. Open the command line and change directory to where you wish to clone to
4. Type 'git clone' followed by URL in step 2

$ git clone https://github.com/FHPythonUtils/LicenseMatrix

More information can be found at https://help.github.com/en/articles/cloning-a-repository

Using GitHub Desktop

1. Press the Clone or download button in the top right
2. Click open in desktop
3. Choose the path for where you want and click Clone

More information can be found at https://help.github.com/en/desktop/contributing-to-projects/cloning-a-repository-from-github-to-github-desktop

Download Zip File

1. Download this GitHub repository
2. Extract the zip archive
3. Copy/ move to the desired location

Community Files

Licence

MIT License Copyright (c) FredHappyface (See the LICENSE for more information.)

Changelog

See the Changelog for more information.

Code of Conduct

Online communities include people from many backgrounds. The Project contributors are committed to providing a friendly, safe and welcoming environment for all. Please see the Code of Conduct for more information.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome, please see the Contributing Guidelines for more information.

Security

Thank you for improving the security of the project, please see the Security Policy for more information.

Support

Thank you for using this project, I hope it is of use to you. Please be aware that those involved with the project often do so for fun along with other commitments (such as work, family, etc). Please see the Support Policy for more information.

Rationale

The rationale acts as a guide to various processes regarding projects such as the versioning scheme and the programming styles used. Please see the Rationale for more information.