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Feature: Check OSS license compatibility

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#101 opened on Jun 10, 2021

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Description

Feature proposal

Check OSS license compatibility, optional fail-on for incompatible licenses OSI-approved licenses would be sufficient, or at least the most popular list: https://opensource.org/licenses

Reference: https://dwheeler.com/essays/floss-license-slide.html https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/resources/blog/license-compatibility/ https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html

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Research direction
Examine SPDX license list and projects like 'license compatibility checker' to design a feature that checks license compatibility between packages and optionally fails on incompatible licenses.
Tech stack
python
Domain
backendtooling
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3
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3-5 days
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Active
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Clear
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Python
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50