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valid-license

💼 This rule is enabled in the following configs: ✅ recommended, 📦 recommended-publishable.

This rule uses package-json-validator to validate the license property, if present, against the following criteria:

It must be a string
The value should be a valid SPDX license, “UNLICENSED”, or a note referencing a license file (e.g. “SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE.md”)

Examples

❌ Incorrect
✅ Correct

{
  "license": "GPL3"
}

{
  "license": "GPL-3.0-only"
}

require-license - Enforces that the license property is present.

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