licensor

generates license text for open source projects

TLDR

Generate MIT license with a copyright holder name

$ licensor MIT "[Your Name]"

Generate Apache license and save to file

$ licensor Apache-2.0 > LICENSE

Generate GPL license

$ licensor GPL-3.0

Generate license with exception expression

$ licensor "Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception" --skip-optional

List available licenses

$ licensor --licenses

SYNOPSIS

licensor license [name] [options]

licensor writes license text to stdout given an SPDX license identifier. All licenses are compiled into the binary. If the provided ID isn't found, similar ones will be suggested.
The tool outputs properly formatted license text with copyright holder and year filled in.

PARAMETERS

LICENSE

SPDX license identifier (MIT, Apache-2.0, GPL-3.0, etc.). Supports exception expressions.

NAME

Copyright holder name (optional, for licenses that include it).

--licenses

List all available SPDX license identifiers.

--skip-optional

Omit optional sections from the license text.

--help

Display help information.

CAVEATS

Uses SPDX identifiers. Rust-based tool. May need installation via cargo.

HISTORY

licensor was created by Raphael Theriault (raftario) as a Rust-based license text generator using SPDX license identifiers.