eclipse-theia/theia

improve license detection for built-in extensions

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#7,381 opened on Mar 20, 2020

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Description

Currently we always try to look into LICENSE file, but there can be more locations including configurable.

Form @spoenemann:

  • If a package.json has SEE LICENSE IN ..., then try there first
  • after that try LICENSE.md, LICENSE, and LICENCE.txt in this order

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Research direction
Investigate how to detect licenses from package.json's 'license' field (including 'SEE LICENSE IN ...') and then check for LICENSE.md, LICENSE, LICENCE.txt files in order.
Tech stack
typescript
Domain
backendtooling
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Feature
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2
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1-3 hours
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Active
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Clear
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TypeScriptNode.js
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70