info-license

The Info Object should have a license defined.

What is a license for?

It helps consumers of the API understand how it can be used when consumed for commercial purposes. To help choose a license, Choose A License can help.

A License Object has three properties.

• name
• url
• identifier

Why did this violation appear?

There is no license object defined as part of the info object. The info object may also be missing entirely.

Bad example

info:
  title: Chicken Nuggets Inc. Developer API

Good example

info:
  title: Chicken Nuggets Inc. Developer API
  license:
    name: "MIT"
    url: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT

How do I fix this violation?

Ensure there is a license definition as part of the Info Object

Spectral Equivalent

The rule is equivalent to info-license