fix #142

Author: FredHappyface

licensecheck/packageinforesolver.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from boolean.boolean import Expression
 import configparser
 import contextlib
 import re
@@ -103,22 +104,26 @@ def _get_package_info(self, package: Requirement) -> PackageInfo:
 			errorCode=rpi.http_code if rpi.http_code != HTTP_OK else 0,
 		)
 
+		# normailzing the license
 		if pkg_info.license:
-			licensing = Licensing()
-			parsed = None
-			with contextlib.suppress(license_expression.ExpressionParseError):
-				parsed = licensing.parse(
-					re.sub(r"[^a-zA-Z0-9_.:\- ]", "_", pkg_info.license.splitlines()[0])
-				)
-			if parsed is None:
-				return pkg_info
-
-			tokens = sorted(parsed.literals)
-			pkg_info.license = str(JOINS.join(x.key for x in tokens))
+			pkg_info.license = normalize_license(pkg_info.license)
 
 		return pkg_info
 
 
+def normalize_license(lice: str) -> str:
+	licensing = Licensing()
+	parsed = None
+	with contextlib.suppress(license_expression.ExpressionParseError):
+		parsed = licensing.parse(
+			re.sub(r"[^a-zA-Z0-9_.:\- ]", "_", lice.splitlines()[0])
+		)
+	if parsed is None:
+		return lice
+
+	tokens: list[Expression] = sorted(parsed.literals)
+	return str(JOINS.join(getattr(x, "key", str(x)) for x in tokens))
+
 class LocalPackageInfo:
 	"""Handles retrieval of package info from local installation."""
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "licensecheck"
-version = "2026.0.4"
+version = "2026.0.5"
 description = "Output the licenses used by dependencies and check if these are compatible with the project license"
 authors = [{ name = "FredHappyface" }]
 requires-python = ">=3.12"

tests/test_packageinfo.py

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 	PackageInfoManager,
 	RemotePackageInfo,
 	from_classifiers,
+	normalize_license,
 )
 
 THISDIR = str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent)
@@ -100,3 +101,19 @@ def test_licenseFromEmptyClassifierlist() -> None:
 def test_getModuleSize() -> None:
 	local_package_info = LocalPackageInfo(aux_packageinfo("this_package_does_not_exist"))
 	local_package_info.get_size()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+	("lice", "normalized"),
+	[
+		("mit", "mit"),
+		("BSD-2-Clause", "BSD-2-Clause"),
+		("BSD-2-Clause AND Apache-2.0", "Apache-2.0;; BSD-2-Clause"),
+		(
+			"BSD-2-Clause AND Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception",
+			"Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception;; BSD-2-Clause",
+		),
+	],
+)
+def test_normalize_license(lice: str, normalized: str) -> None:
+	assert normalize_license(lice) == normalized