Open Source License filter

Open-source licenses filter algorithm library written in TypeScript

Link

• Design document: https://kaiyuanshe.feishu.cn/wiki/wikcnRn5pkE3BSvqFUMkJPymaG3
• UI implement: https://kaiyuanshe.cn/tool/license-filter

Usage

Installation

npm i license-filter

Evaluation

import {
    FeatureAttitude,
    InfectionRange,
    filterLicenses
} from 'license-filter';

const list = filterLicenses({
    popularity: FeatureAttitude.Negative,
    reuseCondition: FeatureAttitude.Positive,
    infectionIntensity: FeatureAttitude.Positive,
    infectionRange: InfectionRange.Module,
    jurisdiction: FeatureAttitude.Undefined,
    patentStatement: FeatureAttitude.Positive,
    patentRetaliation: FeatureAttitude.Positive,
    enhancedAttribution: FeatureAttitude.Positive,
    privacyLoophole: FeatureAttitude.Negative,
    marketingEndorsement: FeatureAttitude.Negative
});

console.log(list); // filtered licenses

Design

Evaluation Dimension

1. Popularity
2. Reuse Condition
3. Infection Intensity
4. Infection Range
5. Jurisdiction
6. Patent Statement
7. Patent Retaliation
8. Enhanced Attribution
9. Privacy Loophole
10. Marketing Endorsement

Filter Algorithm

1. Mark the weight of various Open-source licenses according to the above Evaluation dimensions:

   1. Positive +1: clearly supports the feature of this dimension
   2. Undefined 0: no explicit mention of the dimension's feature
   3. Negative -1: clearly oppose the characteristics of this dimension

2. Input the user's Attitude towards the above dimensional features:

   1. Positive +1: definitely need the feature of this dimension
   2. Undefined 0: insensitive to the feature of this dimension
   3. Negative -1: explicitly reject the feature of this dimension

3. Calculate each license by the following formula:

   Total weight per license = Dimension weight item x Dimension user attitude value

4. All licenses are ranked in reverse order of the total weight in this screening, which is the result

Project History

Original

http://oss-watch.ac.uk/apps/licdiff/

Old Chinese Edition

Entry

https://kaiyuanshe.cn/license-tool/

Code

• Page: https://github.com/kaiyuanshe/kaiyuanshe.github.io/blob/hexo/themes/Electron/layout/license-tool.ejs
• Logic: https://github.com/kaiyuanshe/kaiyuanshe.github.io/tree/hexo/themes%2FElectron%2Fsource%2FOSLS

New Chinese Edition

Pre-research

https://github.com/luojiyin1987/license-tool

Reference

Standard data

1. https://opensource.org/licenses
2. https://spdx.org/licenses/
3. https://tldrlegal.com/licenses/browse

Theoretical research

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/ja_w-2NNSIKcO4vv7iN5vg

Open-source project

1. https://github.com/ufal/public-license-selector/
2. https://github.com/hernanmd/license-selector
3. https://github.com/creativecommons/cc-license-chooser