Bug#973702: licensecheck should read "license" field from package.json files

[Jonas Smedegaard]

Quoting Jonas Smedegaard (2020-11-03 17:19:10)
> Quoting Xavier Guimard (2020-11-03 17:07:02)
> > when launching licensecheck in a nodejs module, I'd like to see 
> > licensecheck reveals which license is used in package.json
> 
> Licensecheck currently operates on files.
> 
> package.json contains a field to state license for a _project_ which 
> is something different.
> 
> How would you expect licensecheck would handle that?

Maybe the above came across as needlessly agressive.

Thanks for reporting this.  Reporting it is appreciated on its own - you 
need not "defend" this issue.

I agree that it would be nice if licensecheck could recognize copyright 
and licensing information in all the many forms they are hinted - 
including project-wide hints.

What I meant to ask is if you have some ideas how licensecheck could 
sensibly report such non-file-specific hints?


 - Jonas

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