GitLicense

REST API for discovering the license for a github repository.

Usage

curl -i http://gitlicense.herokuapp.com/{user}/{repo}

The return value will be a JSON object of the following form.

{
    repo: ":user",
    user: ":repo",
    license: "MIT License"
}

Supported Licenses

• MIT license (MIT)
• ISC License (ISC)
• Apache License 2.0 (Apache-2.0)
• GNU General Public License, version 2 (GPL-2.0)
• GNU General Public License, version 3 (GPL-3.0)
• GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE, Version 3 (AGPL-3.0)
• BSD License
• Modified BSD License
• Artisitic License 2.0
• Mozilla Public License
• Python Software Foundation License Version 2

TODO

• Improve the license matching algorithm