(FEATURE REQUEST) Auto check for copyleft licenses (e.g. GPL) -> Add native dependencies to cli scan

[mrtncode]

Hey,
I recently wrote to @mateusz1913 (#119). I asked if there was a way to recognise copyleft licences such as GPL. Unfortunately, this is currently only possible via Ci Pipeline for JS packages.
Would it be possible to add such a check? Perhaps during build time (expo prebuild)? Or would it be possible to add a Ci/Cl check for native modules?

I think this feature is extremely important. If you unknowingly use packages with GPL licences, you display them in your app but don't even notice.

I would of course be willing to help with a contribution – if you have any ideas on how we could implement this.
I would appreciate your feedback :)

[mrtncode]

Maybe something like a unified cli tool that covers native dependencies too :)

[mrtncode]

@mateusz1913 Sorry for pinging, but do you have any idea for this? Its very important for me and I think it is also very important for this package.

[mateusz1913]

Hi @MarzyCoder , sorry for late response, because of other commitments, recently I didn't have time to take a look at this request. It indeed sounds interesting and seems like native license generators should support generating metadata with their CLIs (AboutLibraries has findLibraries Gradle task and LicensePlist supports generating output to csv or markdown, which then could be parsed for all kinds of licenses)

That being said, I will not have time to work on such feature this or next week. As a short term solution you can explore the docs for native license generators used under the hood by react-native-legal and check the output in your app

[mrtncode]

@mateusz1913 Wow, that's really nice. That helps me a lot!

I will not have time to work on such feature this or next week.

That's no problem, but would you be able to take care of it within the next four weeks?
That would be helpful for my planning, as I could wait during that time without having to look for another solution.

Best regards, and thank you for the great support with this package.

[mateusz1913]

@MarzyCoder I cannot commit to any timeline. If you want to speed up things, feel free to contribute, I will be happy to review and help

[mrtncode]

I cannot commit to any timeline. If you want to speed up things, feel free to contribute, I will be happy to review and help

Thank you for your reply! That's fine.
I'll see if I can manage to contribute a little.

Just out of interest: Would such a feature be better placed in react-native-legal or in license-kit? Would it be easiest to add a native part to the existing Ci solutions?

[mateusz1913]

@MarzyCoder I would see it as a part of react-native-legal for sure