The SPDX License List is a list of commonly found licenses and exceptions used in free and open source and other collaborative software or documentation. The purpose of the SPDX License List is to enable easy and efficient identification of such licenses and exceptions in an SPDX document, in source files or elsewhere. The SPDX License List includes a standardized short identifier, full name, vetted license text including matching guidelines markup as appropriate, and a canonical permanent URL for each license and exception.

Prefix

spdx

Links

Homepage

Contact

Missing Contact

Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers

Local identifiers in Software Package Data Exchange License should match this regular expression:
^[0-9A-Za-z\-.]+$

Example Local Unique Identifier

CC-BY-1.0   Resolve

Pattern for CURIES

Compact URIs (CURIEs) constructed from Software Package Data Exchange License should match this regular expression:
^spdx:[0-9A-Za-z\-.]+$

Example CURIE

spdx:CC-BY-1.0

The metaregistry provides mappings between the Bioregistry and other registries. There are 2 mappings to external registries for this resource with 1 unique external prefixes.

A provider turns a local unique identifiers from a resource into a URI. Many providers are also resolvable as URLs (i.e., they can be used in a web browser).

The local unique identifier CC-BY-1.0 is used to demonstrate the providers available for Software Package Data Exchange License. A guide for curating additional providers can be found here.