Audit and normalize SPDX license headers before releasing or open-sourcing a repository

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Use REUSE when an agent needs file-level licensing clarity instead of guessing from a single top-level LICENSE file. The agent checks compliance, adds or verifies SPDX headers, pulls missing license texts into LICENSES/, and produces a concrete remediation list or SPDX export.

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Use REUSE when an agent needs file-level licensing clarity instead of guessing from a single top-level LICENSE file. The agent checks compliance, adds or verifies SPDX headers, pulls missing license texts into LICENSES/, and produces a concrete remediation list or SPDX export.

Prerequisites

Python 3.10+, optional libmagic, optional VCS tools

Installation

Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:

  • pipx :
  • pipx run reuse lint
  • pipx automatically isolates reuse into its own Python virtualenv, which means
  • pipx install reuse

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  • python
  • Python

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