Check python packages from requirement.txt and report issues
Project description
Python License Checker
Check python packages listed in a requirements.txt file and report license issues.
About
You can define a list of authorized licenses, unauthorized licenses and authorized packages.
The tool will check the requirements.txt file, check packages and their dependencies and return an error if some packages are not compliant against the given strategy.
The tool has 3 levels of checks to select from:
- Standard (default):
A package is considered as compliant when at least one of its licenses is in the authorized license list, or if the package is in the list of authorized packages.
- Cautious:
Same as Standard, but a package is not considered compliant when one or more of its licenses is in the unauthorized license list, even if it also has a license in the authorized license list. A package is still compliant if present in the authorized packages list.
- Paranoid:
All licenses listed for a package must be in the authorised license list for the package to be considered compliant. A package is still compliant if present in the authorized packages list.
How to install
$ pip install liccheck
How to use
liccheck will read the requirements.txt and verify compliance of packages against a strategy defined in the ini file. If the file is not specified on command line, it will search for requirements.txt in the current folder. You have to setup an ini file with an authorized license list, unauthorized license list and authorized package list. The packages from your requirements.txt need to all be installed in the same python environment/virtualenv as liccheck.
Here is an example of a strategy.ini file:
# Authorized and unauthorized licenses in LOWER CASE
[Licenses]
authorized_licenses:
bsd
new bsd
bsd license
new bsd license
simplified bsd
apache
apache 2.0
apache software license
gnu lgpl
lgpl with exceptions or zpl
isc license
isc license (iscl)
mit
mit license
python software foundation license
zpl 2.1
unauthorized_licenses:
gpl v3
[Authorized Packages]
# Python software license (see http://zesty.ca/python/uuid.README.txt)
uuid: 1.30
Note: versions of authorized packages can be defined using PEP-0440 version specifiers, such as >=1.3,<1.4. The implementation uses the nice package semantic_version.
For demo purpose, let’s say your requirements.txt file contains this:
Flask>=0.12.1 flask_restful jsonify psycopg2>=2.7.1 nose scipy scikit-learn pandas numpy argparse uuid sqlbuilder proboscis pyyaml>=3.12
The execution will output this:
$ liccheck -s my_strategy.ini -r my_project/required.txt gathering licenses...23 packages and dependencies. check forbidden packages based on licenses...none check authorized packages based on licenses...19 packages. check authorized packages...4 packages. check unknown licenses...none
If some dependencies are unknown or are not matching the strategy, the output will be something like:
$ liccheck -s my_strategy.ini -r my_project/requirements.txt
gathering licenses...32 packages and dependencies.
check forbidden packages based on licenses...1 forbidden packages :
Unidecode (0.4.21) : GPL ['GNU General Public License v2 or later (GPLv2+)']
dependency:
Unidecode << python-slugify << yoyo-migrations
check authorized packages based on licenses...24 packages.
check authorized packages...6 packages.
check unknown licenses...1 unknown packages :
feedparser (5.2.1) : UNKNOWN []
dependency:
feedparser
Licensing
See LICENSE
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