glicense

gLicense.js

gLicense.js is a library that generates OSS license statements. And command-line interface is also available.

Installation

Library

$ npm install --save glicense

Command line tool

$ npm install -g glicense

Usage

Command line tool

$ glicense create mit --author "your name" > LICENSE.txt
$ cat LICENSE.txt
MIT License

Copyright (c) 2019 your name

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
(snip)

--year option. default is this year.

$ glicense create mit --author "your name" --year 1979
MIT License

Copyright (c) 1979 your name
(snip)

--program option. You can use GPLv3, LGPL v2.1 only.

$ glicense create gpl3 --author "your name" --program "CoolTools"
(snip)
    CoolTools  Copyright (C) 2019  your name
    This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
    This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
    under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
(snip)

--description option. default is null. You can use GPLv3, LGPL v2.1 only.

$ glicense create gpl3 --author "your name" --program "CoolTools" --description "I want you the best moment"
(snip)
    CoolTools I want you the best moment
    Copyright (C) 2019 your name
(snip)

Supported license

License name	type	--author	--year	--program	--description
Apache	apache2	🆗	🆗	❌	❌
BSD 2-Clause	bsd2c	🆗	🆗	❌	❌
BSD 3-Clause	bsd3c	🆗	🆗	❌	❌
GPL Version 3	gpl3	🆗	🆗	🆗	🆗
LGPL Version 3	lgpl3	❌	❌	❌	❌
LGPL Version 2.1	lgpl21	🆗	🆗	🆗	🆗
MIT	mit	🆗	🆗	❌	❌

Other features

glicense list

$ glicense list
-------- + -------------------------------------------------
  type   | License name
-------- + -------------------------------------------------
 apache2 | Apache License
   bsd2c | BSD 2-Clause License
   bsd3c | BSD 3-Clause License
    gpl3 | GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3
   lgpl3 | GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3
  lgpl21 | GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2.1
     mit | MIT License

You can use alias for glicense ls.

glicense detail

$ glicense detail gpl3
{ name: 'GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3',
  file: 'template/gpl3.mst',
  require: [ 'year', 'name', 'program', 'description' ] }

API

Common Usage

const gLicense = require('glicense');
const license  = new gLicense();
console.log(
  license
    .setLicense('mit')
    .get({name:'M.Katsube', year:new Date().getFullYear()})
);

use My License

You can use original license.

const gLicense = require('glicense');
const license  = new gLicense();
console.log(
  license
    .setTemplate('~/mylicense.mst')
    .get({name:'M.Katsube', year:new Date().getFullYear()})
);

Template must be use mustache.js

$ cat ~/mylicense.mst
My License
Copyright (c) {{{year}}} {{{{name}}}

License

The MIT License.