license
is a command line tool to create LICENSE files.
It provides good defaults for name and year on license (customizable if needed), and it supports all license types listed on the GitHub Licenses API and a few more. The license templates used by this program were copied from the GitHub Licenses API, when available.
agpl-3.0 (GNU Affero General Public License v3.0)
apache-2.0 (Apache License 2.0)
bsd-2-clause (BSD 2-Clause "Simplified" License)
bsd-3-clause (BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License)
cc0-1.0 (Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal)
epl-2.0 (Eclipse Public License 2.0)
free-art-1.3 (Free Art License 1.3)
gpl-2.0 (GNU General Public License v2.0)
gpl-3.0 (GNU General Public License v3.0)
isc (ISC License)
lgpl-2.1 (GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1)
lgpl-3.0 (GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0)
mit (MIT License)
mpl-2.0 (Mozilla Public License 2.0)
unlicense (The Unlicense)
wtfpl (Do What the Fuck You Want To Public License)
With Go 1.16 or higher:
go install github.com/nishanths/license/v5@latest
This program is available via the AUR under the name
nishanths-license-git
.
Using yay, you can install it like so:
WARNING: The authenticity of this method was last verified on 2021-07-04
by the maintainer(s) of the license
project. Please verify before use.
yay -S nishanths-license-git
To print a license to stdout, run the license
command followed by the license name:
$ license mit
Use the -o
flag to save the license to a file, or use your shell's redirection operator:
$ license -o LICENSE.txt mit
$ license mit > LICENSE.txt
$ license -year 2013 -name "Alice L" isc
The current year is used if -year
is omitted.
To determine the name on the license, the following are used in this order:
- command line flags: -name, -n
- environment variable: LICENSE_FULL_NAME
- gitconfig and hgconfig
- "os/user".Current()
- empty string
If you have your name set in $HOME/.gitconfig
, you can almost always omit the -name
flag.
Pull requests for new features, bug fixes, and suggestions are welcome! Please create an issue for discussion before working on a substantial change.