lice

An open source license generator and license viewer.

Installation

npm install -g lice

Usage

lice
# follow the prompts

Non-interactive mode

Usage:
  lice [options]

Options:
  -h, --help      Display the help menu
  -g, --generate  Generate a license [default `true`]
  -l, --license   The type of license to generate, [default `mit`]
  -n, --name      The name of the generated license, [default `LICENSE`]
  -p, --path      License generation file path, [default `current working dir`]
  -s, --show      Show the contents of a license
  -u, --user      The name to use in the generated license [default `$LICE_USER`]
  -v, --version   Display the version
  -y, --year      Year placeholder [default `current year`]

Available licenses:
  aal           Attribution Assurance License (AAL)
  afl-3.0       Academic Free License 3.0 (AFL-3.0)
  apl-1.0       Adaptive Public License (APL-1.0)
  agpl-3.0      Affero GNU Public License 3.0 (AGPL-3.0)
  apache-2.0    Apache License, Verison 2.0 (Apache-2.0)
  apsl-2.0      Apple Public Source License (APSL-2.0)
  artistic-2.0  Artistic License (Artistic-2.0)
  bsd-2-clause  BSD 2-Clause "Simplified" or "FreeBSD" License (BSD-2-Clause)
  bsd-3-clause  BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License (BSD-3-Clause)
  bsl-1.0       Boost Software License (BSL-1.0)
  catosl-1.1    Computer Associates Trusted Open Source License 1.1 (CATOSL-1.1)
  cddl-1.0      Computer Associates Trusted Open Source License 1.0 (CDDL-1.0)
  cecill-2.1    CeCILL License (CECILL-2.1)
  cpal-1.0      Common Public Attribution License 1.0 (CPAL-1.0)
  cua-opl-1.0   CUA Office Public License Version 1.0 (CUA-OPL-1.0)
  ecl-2.0       Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (ECL-2.0)
  entessa       Entessa Public License Version 1.0 (Entessa)
  eudatagrid    EU Datagrid Software License (EUDatagrid)
  gpl-3.0       GNU General Public License 3.0 (GPL-3.0)
  isc           ISC License (ISC)
  mit           The MIT License (MIT) [default]
  mpl-2.0       Mozilla Public License Version 2.0 (MPL-2.0)
  ms-pl         Microsoft Public License (MS-PL)
  w3c           The W3C SOFTWARE NOTICE AND LICENSE (W3C)
  zlib-libpng   The zlib/libpng License (Zlib)

Example

Let's say you want an MIT license for your project. Switch to the directory where you want the license generated, run lice and follow the prompts:

cd /your/project/dir
lice
#follow the prompts, your license will be generated in /your/project/dir

Or if you prefer non-interactive mode:

lice -g -l mit -u 'John Doe' # see above for flag definitions or run `lice -h`

Note

You may provide a path to where you want the license generated via the -p option.

Contributing

Please help add more licenses! Submit a PR and I will get it merged ASAP.

1. Add a text file with your license content in the licenses dir.
2. Edit licenses.js
3. Update the Available licenses section in README.md
4. Update the help file Available licenses section in help.txt

A good place to find licenses to add is the Open Source Initiative license page

Thanks

Open Source Initiative for providing the license content.