license-checks

Install

npm install license-checks

Usage

license-checks

Options

• --deep check all modules in node_modules (defaults to dependencies and devDependencies)
• --only-prod check only dependencies in package.json (defaults to dependencies and devDependencies)
• --count only log license count (defaults to throwing an error when licenses are not whitelisted)
• --config FILE set the path to the config file (defaults to allowed-licenses.json)

Config file

You must have a config file. Either allowed-licenses.json or another JSON file (if defined with --config)

The JSON may have two keys:

• whitelist (string[]) a list of whitelisted licenses
• exceptions ({ package: string, license: string[] }) exceptions by package and license

Example file

{
  "whitelist": [
    "GPLv2",
    "MIT",
  ],
  "exceptions": [
    {
      "package": "some-commercial-package-i-have-a-license-for",
      "license": "commercial"
    }
  ]
}