check_license_compliance
Check a dependency list against a license policy
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Given a list of packages (name + optional exact version or semver range — e.g. straight from a package.json "dependencies" object) and an optional allow/deny license policy, resolves each package's declared SPDX license and reports a compliance verdict per package. Classifies every license into one of permissive/weak-copyleft/copyleft/network-copyleft/proprietary/public-domain/unknown, and understands simple SPDX expressions: "(MIT OR GPL-3.0)" is compliant if EITHER side is permitted (a consumer may legally pick the clean alternative), "MIT AND Apache-2.0" requires both sides to pass, and "X WITH exception" is judged on X. A mixed/nested expression like "(MIT OR ISC) AND Apache-2.0" is reported as needsReview rather than guessed at. policy.deny entries always win over policy.allow (so a name can appear in both without a silent contradiction); with policy.allow set, anything not matching it is a violation (unproven is treated as non-compliant); with neither given, the default policy flags only copyleft/network-copyleft/proprietary (e.g. GPL/AGPL/UNLICENSED) — weak-copyleft (LGPL/MPL/EPL) and unrecognized license strings are surfaced but not auto-flagged. Policy entries accept an exact SPDX id, a family prefix ("GPL" catches GPL-2.0/GPL-3.0-only/etc.), or a category name. This reads only the registry-declared license field — it does not fetch or parse LICENSE file contents from the source repository.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| packages | array | yes | 1-100 packages to check. version accepts an exact version or a semver range like "^4.17.21"; omitted = latest. |
| policy | object | no | Omit entirely to use the default policy: only copyleft/network-copyleft/proprietary are violations. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"packages": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 214
},
"version": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 128
}
},
"required": [
"name"
],
"additionalProperties": false
},
"minItems": 1,
"maxItems": 100,
"description": "1-100 packages to check. version accepts an exact version or a semver range like \"^4.17.21\"; omitted = latest."
},
"policy": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"allow": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 100
},
"maxItems": 50,
"description": "SPDX ids, family prefixes (e.g. \"GPL\"), or category names. Anything not matching is a violation."
},
"deny": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 100
},
"maxItems": 50,
"description": "SPDX ids, family prefixes, or category names. Always takes precedence over allow."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false,
"description": "Omit entirely to use the default policy: only copyleft/network-copyleft/proprietary are violations."
}
},
"required": [
"packages"
],
"additionalProperties": false,
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}