lice

An open source license generator and license viewer.

Installation

You probably want to install this globally, so you can easily add LICENSE files to all your open source projects.

npm install -g lice

Usage

lice
# follow the prompts

Non-interactive mode

Usage:
  lice [options]

Options:
  -h, --help      Display the help menu
  -g, --generate  Generate a license [default `true`]
  -l, --license   The type of license to generate, [default `mit`]
  -n, --name      The name of the generated license, [default `LICENSE`]
  -p, --path      License generation file path, [default `current working dir`]
  -s, --show      Show the contents of a license
  -u, --user      The name to use in the generated license [default `$LICE_USER`]
  -v, --version   Display the version
  -y, --year      Year placeholder [default `current year`]

Available licenses:
  aal             Attribution Assurance License (AAL)
  afl-3.0         Academic Free License 3.0 (AFL-3.0)
  apl-1.0         Adaptive Public License (APL-1.0)
  agpl-3.0        Affero GNU Public License 3.0 (AGPL-3.0)
  apache-2.0      Apache License, Verison 2.0 (Apache-2.0)
  apsl-2.0        Apple Public Source License (APSL-2.0)
  artistic-2.0    Artistic License (Artistic-2.0)
  bsd-2-clause    BSD 2-Clause "Simplified" or "FreeBSD" License (BSD-2-Clause)
  bsd-3-clause    BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License (BSD-3-Clause)
  bsl-1.0         Boost Software License (BSL-1.0)
  catosl-1.1      Computer Associates Trusted Open Source License 1.1 (CATOSL-1.1)
  cddl-1.0        Computer Associates Trusted Open Source License 1.0 (CDDL-1.0)
  cecill-2.1      CeCILL License (CECILL-2.1)
  cpal-1.0        Common Public Attribution License 1.0 (CPAL-1.0)
  cua-opl-1.0     CUA Office Public License Version 1.0 (CUA-OPL-1.0)
  ecl-2.0         Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (ECL-2.0)
  entessa         Entessa Public License Version 1.0 (Entessa)
  eudatagrid      EU Datagrid Software License (EUDatagrid)
  eupl            European Union Public License v. 1.2
  gpl-3.0         GNU General Public License 3.0 (GPL-3.0)
  isc             ISC License (ISC)
  mit             The MIT License (MIT) [default]
  mpl-2.0         Mozilla Public License Version 2.0 (MPL-2.0)
  ms-pl           Microsoft Public License (MS-PL)
  onur_dev        onur_dev license (onur_dev license)
  transcopyright  Transcopyright License (Transcopyright)
  copyright       Copyright license (Copyright)
  w3c             The W3C SOFTWARE NOTICE AND LICENSE (W3C)
  zlib-libpng     The zlib/libpng License (Zlib)

Example

Let's say you want an MIT license for your project. Switch to the directory where you want the license generated, run lice and follow the prompts:

cd /your/project/dir
lice
#follow the prompts, your license will be generated in /your/project/dir

Or if you prefer non-interactive mode:

lice -g -l mit -u 'John Doe' # see above for flag definitions or run `lice -h`

Note

You may provide a path to where you want the license generated via the -p option.

Contributing

Please help add more licenses! Submit a PR and I will get it merged ASAP.

1. Add a text file with your license content in the licenses dir.
2. Edit licenses.js
3. Update the Available licenses section in README.md
4. Update the help file Available licenses section in help.txt

A good place to find licenses to add is the Open Source Initiative license page

Thanks, related projects

• AudreyFeldroy/Choosea License: Choose a License is a Cookiecutter plugin for selecting an open-source license.
• Bisaloo/Licenses_Talk: How to choose a license for an academic project?
• Composer/Spdx Licenses: Tools for working with the SPDX license list and validating licenses.
• ClaudiuCeia/Licensor Cli: 📜 Easily choose an Open Source license for your awesome project
• Daald/Dpkg Licenses: A command line tool which lists the licenses of all installed packages in a Debian-based system (like Ubuntu)
• Nevir/Readable-Licenses: Make your open source license text more pleasant to read.
• Onur/Cargo License: Cargo subcommand to see license of dependencies
• Open Source Initiative for providing the license content.
• Ufal/Public License Selector: Tool that will help you select the right open license for your data or software