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License Table #96
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Request to add license for each program.
I love FOSS projects, when installing/checking packages I'd like see which license they use. Personally if it's proprietary/custom license then it's a big no for me.
Is it possible to fetch the license of all projects via script and add them to the table? If not possible I'm willing to manually add them to the list, it'll take some time but I'm sure about manual process.
e.g. Arch Packages and Mozilla extensions and many other projects show license in the details page.
Note: I'm talking about the official projects itself (e.g Discord is proprietary, custom license is used in details page) not the packaging format or the script license.
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ivan-hc commentedon Jan 23, 2026
If you can add it to each app's page, do it. Each page an be edited.
Lists instead are updated via github actions.
Read the CONTRIBUTING.md for more.
shuvashish76 commentedon Jan 23, 2026
Sure will try it.
For newly added packages is it possible to fetch project's license file add the short
Identifierto the script so that it won't be a never ending work for me. Also maybe later it can be integrated to AM, so that users can check/filter apps?e.g. When requesting apps at F-Droid their bot does various checks with license check.
ivan-hc commentedon Jan 23, 2026
Note that AM is only a bridge between the user and upstream. I only provide an easy way to download the apps and a source to check for the users.
Additional info can be added to the pages of this catalogue, so you can read them online or with
am -ain the terminal.I don't do much here but updating the lists. My work is on AM (and my AppImages) only.
shuvashish76 commentedon Jan 23, 2026
Thanks for the clarification.
Usually I know projects before I'm installing the package so not a big deal for me. Just want to help new to foss users. I don't want to invest so much time in doing this if helps nobody. Please convert this issue to discussion, first we'll see if some interests arises.