Forgive me if I'm missing something but doesn't license-file provides this
functionality (see https://stackoverflow.com/a/48691876) for an example.
I surmise not enough people use it although it's readily available?
Sent from my phone with my typo-happy thumbs. Please excuse my brevity
On Sat, Feb 22, 2020, 13:35 Steve Jorgensen <ste...@stevej.name> wrote:
> Steve Jorgensen wrote:
> > The project I am working on now needs to include license files for all
> of the 3rd party
> > code that it includes. Since license files are not included in
> distribution packages, the
> > process for doing this is exceedingly complex, error prone, and in some
> cases, impossible.
> > The build process builds URLs to license files in package source code
> repositories based
> > on version number, but this is dependent upon several things…
> >
> > The source code repository is accessible via the Internet and still
> exists.
> > There is a tag for each version (not always true).
> > Tags follow a consistent naming pattern with respect to version numbers
> (not always
> > true).
> >
> > I believe that it makes sense to provide a standard means for
> distribution packages to
> > include license files and then encourage package authors to use it.
>
> This would be similar to `{ "license" : "SEE LICENSE IN <filename>" }` in
> an npm package. See also https://www.npmjs.com/package/license-extractor .
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