An open source license generator and license viewer.
You probably want to install this globally, so you can easily add LICENSE
files to all your open source projects.
npm install -g lice
lice
# follow the prompts
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
facebook.tos.txt Terms of Service Didn"t Read Facebook License (tosdr_facebook)
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)
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`
You may provide a path to where you want the license generated via the -p
option.
Please help add more licenses! Submit a PR and I will get it merged ASAP.
- Add a text file with your license content in the licenses dir.
- Edit licenses.js
- Update the
Available licensessection in README.md - Update the help file
Available licensessection in help.txt
A good place to find licenses to add is the Open Source Initiative license page
- 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