There's several other packages available that allow trying to find the license of a particular npm package or git repository. It might be cool to integrate something similar into license to help make it an all-in-one experience.
Usage could look something like license check [@scope/]package for checking an npm package, and license check user/repo for checking a GitHub repository. Ideally would also want to support any other Git provider without needing to be locked into just GitHub, via just a url I presume.
(Note to self: research to see if we can get info about a remote repo through Git without needing to locally clone it, would probably help with performance in this respect)
Idea
Also add a flag to try and check the compatibility of a package's license with another license, would be useful for companies or individuals who need to ensure that dependencies are compatible with a specific license - e.g. GPL.
Would probably be named something along the lines of --check-compatibility or --compatibility-with, e.g. license check MIT --compatibility-with GPL (and add a shorthand of course, -c).
Also expose it as through the API like with getLicense so users don't need to install an extra package.
There's several other packages available that allow trying to find the license of a particular npm package or git repository. It might be cool to integrate something similar into license to help make it an all-in-one experience.
Usage could look something like
license check [@scope/]packagefor checking an npm package, andlicense check user/repofor checking a GitHub repository. Ideally would also want to support any other Git provider without needing to be locked into just GitHub, via just a url I presume.(Note to self: research to see if we can get info about a remote repo through Git without needing to locally clone it, would probably help with performance in this respect)
Idea
Also add a flag to try and check the compatibility of a package's license with another license, would be useful for companies or individuals who need to ensure that dependencies are compatible with a specific license - e.g. GPL.
Would probably be named something along the lines of
--check-compatibilityor--compatibility-with, e.g.license check MIT --compatibility-with GPL(and add a shorthand of course,-c).Also expose it as through the API like with
getLicenseso users don't need to install an extra package.