FOSSology · Schema

FOSSologyLicense

A license record as represented inside FOSSology.

ComplianceLicensingLinux FoundationScanningSPDXOpen-Source

Properties

Name Type Description
id integer
shortName string SPDX-style short identifier (e.g., GPL-2.0-only).
fullName string
text string Full license text.
url string
risk integer
isCandidate boolean
obligations array References to obligation ids.
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JSON Schema

fossology-license.json Raw ↑ 
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/fossology/refs/heads/main/json-schema/fossology-license.json",
  "title": "FOSSologyLicense",
  "description": "A license record as represented inside FOSSology.",
  "type": "object",
  "required": ["shortName"],
  "properties": {
    "id": { "type": "integer" },
    "shortName": { "type": "string", "description": "SPDX-style short identifier (e.g., GPL-2.0-only)." },
    "fullName": { "type": "string" },
    "text": { "type": "string", "description": "Full license text." },
    "url": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
    "risk": { "type": "integer", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 5 },
    "isCandidate": { "type": "boolean" },
    "obligations": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": { "type": "integer" },
      "description": "References to obligation ids."
    }
  }
}

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