The License Checker is a webbased tool to support researchers to choose an appropriate open source license for their research software or code. It gives an overview over common open source licenses and offers to upload code and dependency files to check for exisiting licenses and suggest compatible licenses.
Clone and run the code
git clone --recursive https://github.com/izus-fokus/LicenseChecker.git
cd LicenseChecker
docker compose up
Open in a browser http://localhost:5173/
The development of the License Checker tool was funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) - project number 425911815