✨ Add project licence management helpers

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@@ -172,3 +172,30 @@
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continuous_delivery_scripts/check_licence_compliance.py

@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
 
 from continuous_delivery_scripts.language_specifics import get_language_specifics
 from continuous_delivery_scripts.spdx_report.licence_assessment import LicenceAssessment
+from continuous_delivery_scripts.spdx_report.project_licensing import (
+    ensure_project_licence_file_conforms,
+    has_single_project_licence_identifier,
+)
 from continuous_delivery_scripts.spdx_report.spdx_summary import _configured_licence_policy
 from continuous_delivery_scripts.utils.configuration import configuration, ConfigurationVariable
 from continuous_delivery_scripts.utils.logging import log_exception, set_log_level
@@ -100,6 +104,8 @@ def main() -> int:
     set_log_level(args.verbose)
 
     try:
+        if has_single_project_licence_identifier():
+            ensure_project_licence_file_conforms(create_if_missing=False)
         plugin = get_language_specifics()
         if not plugin.can_get_project_metadata():
             raise ValueError("The selected language plugin cannot provide metadata for licence compliance checks.")

continuous_delivery_scripts/describe_licence_obligations.py

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2020-2026 Arm Limited or its affiliates and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+"""Describe project licence obligations from public SPDX and OSADL sources."""
+
+import argparse
+import logging
+import sys
+
+from continuous_delivery_scripts.spdx_report.project_licensing import (
+    describe_licence_obligations,
+)
+from continuous_delivery_scripts.utils.logging import log_exception, set_log_level
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+    """Create a CLI for describing project licence obligations."""
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Describe licence obligations from SPDX and OSADL data.")
+    parser.add_argument("-v", "--verbose", action="count", default=0, help="Increase logging verbosity.")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    set_log_level(args.verbose)
+    try:
+        print(describe_licence_obligations(), end="")
+        return 0
+    except Exception as error:
+        log_exception(logger, error)
+        return 1
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())