1LICENSE-VALIDATE(1)            License Validate            LICENSE-VALIDATE(1)
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NAME

6       license-validate - validates the string in the License tag in the SPEC
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SYNOPSIS

10       license-validate [-h] [--file FILE] [--verbose] license
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12       positional arguments: license license string. E.g., 'GPL or MIT'.
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OPTIONS

15       -h, --help
16           Show help message and exit.
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18       --file FILE
19           Read the grammar from this file. Default is
20           /usr/share/license-validate/grammar.lark. And if this default does
21           not exists then script reads ./full-grammar.lark.
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23       --verbose, -v
24           Print more human friendly messages. Otherwise just exits with error
25           code zero if license is valid otherwise with error code 1 if
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DESCRIPTION

29       Validates whether license is in approved set for the distribution.
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31       This script does not check source files and does not check whether the
32       license is actually correct. For this purpose you may use licensecheck.
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AUTHORS

35       Miroslav Suchý <msuchy@redhat.com>
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39license-validate                  04/22/2022               LICENSE-VALIDATE(1)