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Searching the SPDX Database for a License Name

Open CleanHit opened this issue 5 years ago • 2 comments

Is it possible to get a license in Json or XML format form SPDX database by searching through the license names using a string (or a regular expression)? The result can also be a best effort result if the given search string is not exact.

CleanHit avatar Nov 28 '19 22:11 CleanHit

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Poco1997 avatar Dec 31 '19 01:12 Poco1997

@CleanHit there is no such feature for now. Contribution welcomed! @Poco1997 not sure what you message is about?

pombredanne avatar Jan 17 '20 13:01 pombredanne