A list of common open source license identifiers, such as MIT, Apache-2.0, and GPL-3.0. The data was extracted from the GitHub-hosted ChooseALicense.com repository and last updated on the Hugging Face platform in April 2024. The dataset is authored by 'choosealicense'.
Use Cases
- Validate license identifiers in software projects based on the standardized list.
- Populate dropdown menus or autocomplete fields in development tools based on the license IDs.
- Analyze license popularity or distribution in open source repositories using the provided identifiers.
Strengths
- Data is sourced from the authoritative GitHub ChooseALicense.com project.
- Includes a wide range of common licenses, from permissive (0BSD, MIT) to copyleft (GPL-3.0, AGPL-3.0).
- Last update timestamp (2024-04-17) is provided, indicating recent maintenance.
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- https://github.com/github/choosealicense.com
- Collection Method
- Extracted from the ChooseALicense.com repository.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2024-04-17 10:17:35; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- null