SpdxValidator

Check if dependent modules in nodejs app is valid as per spdx list of valid licenses.

What is spdx

Software Package Data Exchange® (SPDX®) is an open standard for communicating software bill of material information (including components, licenses, copyrights, and security references).

npm spdxvalidator

Its this easy:

npm i spdxvalidator -g

spdxvalidator --jarPath "spdx_jar_file_path.jar" 

how to get scan.json

Include scan.json if you want to exclude licence that contains less than 100% match in licence text.

Org name and creater in spdxConfig.json

{
    "orgName": "org name", 
    "createrInfo": "[e-mail]"
}

Licence file

It will remove packages that does not contain valid licence name as per spdx

How does it work?

It scan's all licences in current directory node_modules, from's a list of licenses, creates a spdx file for it and validate it against the jar file specified.

It's that simple :)

HI its me deepak, I don't maintain this package if you want to be a contributer, drop me a mail at [e-mail].