Bug#904518: Add support for SPDX-License-Identifier

[Michael Biebl]

Package: licensecheck
Version: 3.0.31-2
Severity: wishlist

Hi,

it would be great if licensecheck would support SPDX-License-Identifier
headers.
See
https://spdx.org/licenses/ 
https://spdx.org/sites/cpstandard/files/pages/files/using_spdx_license_list_short_identifiers.pdf


-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (200, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.17.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages licensecheck depends on:
ii  libgetopt-long-descriptive-perl        0.102-1
ii  libmoo-perl                            2.003004-1
ii  libnamespace-clean-perl                0.27-1
ii  libpath-iterator-rule-perl             1.012-1
ii  libpath-tiny-perl                      0.104-2
ii  libpod-constants-perl                  0.19-1
ii  libregexp-pattern-license-perl         3.0.31-3
ii  libscalar-list-utils-perl              1:1.50-1
ii  libsort-key-perl                       1.33-2
ii  libstrictures-perl                     2.000005-1
ii  libstring-copyright-perl               0.003005-1
ii  libstring-escape-perl                  2010.002-2
ii  libtry-tiny-perl                       0.30-1
ii  perl                                   5.26.2-6
ii  perl-base [libscalar-list-utils-perl]  5.26.2-6

licensecheck recommends no packages.

Versions of packages licensecheck suggests:
ii  bash-completion  1:2.8-1

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