Use the universally known license code instead of the SPDX-specific.

[jh-RLI]

Description of the issue

We want to harmonise the licences used when they are added to the oemetdata. To archive this, we will implement an autoselect function in our metabuilder tool (create/edit oemeta data) that will help to select licences and provide the corresponding metadata.

This is also relevant for the automatic licence check, which compares the licence identifier with the list of SPDX identifiers.

Ideas of solution

• Use a list of universally known licence identifiers
• Retrieve all relevant licence metadata

Workflow checklist

• [ ] I am aware of the workflow in CONTRIBUTING.md

[jh-RLI]

As suggested by @holycrab13 we could use DALICC. The databus also uses it https://dbpedia.gitbook.io/databus/model/metadata/version#id-2.-legal-provenance-and-attribution

[jh-RLI]

https://api.dalicc.net/docs#/licenselibrary/get_license_by_id_licenselibrary_license__license_id__get

[jh-RLI]

In this article you will find further suggestions and insights:

https://forum.openmod.org/t/public-licensing-ontologies/2756

It states that some information found in DALICC may not be correct - not sure if this is relevant.

It also points to a ontology for SPDX licenses: https://forum.openmod.org/t/public-licensing-ontologies/2756#spdx-ontology-of-open-source-software-licenses-20