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Get a license

GET/licenses/{license}
Source
github-v3-rest.json
Revision
f5f067c1e6f6
Active snapshot
85e53e3d0d65

Request

Path Parameters
license string
required

Responses

application/json License object

Response

body string
required
Example:


The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) [year] [fullname]

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.
conditions array[string]
required
Example:
[
  "include-copyright"
]
description string
required
Example:
A permissive license that is short and to the point. It lets people do anything with your code with proper attribution and without warranty.
featured boolean
required

Example: true

html_url string<uri>
required

Example: http://choosealicense.com/licenses/mit/

implementation string
required
Example:
Create a text file (typically named LICENSE or LICENSE.txt) in the root of your source code and copy the text of the license into the file. Replace [year] with the current year and [fullname] with the name (or names) of the copyright holders.
key string
required

Example: mit

limitations array[string]
required
Example:
[
  "no-liability"
]
name string
required

Example: MIT License

node_id string
required

Example: MDc6TGljZW5zZW1pdA==

permissions array[string]
required
Example:
[
  "commercial-use",
  "modifications",
  "distribution",
  "sublicense",
  "private-use"
]
spdx_id string
requirednullable

Example: MIT

url string<uri>
requirednullable

Example: https://api.github.com/licenses/mit

Not modified

application/json Basic Error object

Forbidden

documentation_url string
optional
message string
optional
status string
optional
url string
optional
application/json Basic Error object

Resource not found

documentation_url string
optional
message string
optional
status string
optional
url string
optional