License detection failures

This is a list of known license detection failures. Once there appear common patterns, go-license-detector will be extended to support those.

Clear failures

• Microsoft/vscode - license file seems legit, clear failure.
• adobe/brackets - license file seems legit, clear failure.
• pure-css/pure - BSD license not detected, clear failure.
• TryGhost/Ghost - MIT license, clear failure.
• nwjs/nw.js - MIT, clear failure.
• jenkinsci/jenkins - MIT license, clear failure.
• kahun/awesome-sysadmin - CC-BY-SA 4.0, clear failure.
• AFNetworking/AFNetworking - MIT, clear failure.
• eslint/eslint - MIT, clear failure.
• CocoaLumberjack/CocoaLumberjack - BSD, clear failure.
• linnovate/mean - MIT with broken lines, clear failure.
• bcit-ci/CodeIgniter - MIT, clear failure.
• moment/moment - MIT, clear failure.
• webpack/webpack - MIT, clear failure.
• Alamofire/Alamofire - MIT, clear failure.

Custom file names

• atech/postal - the file is MIT-LICENCE.
• rust-lang/rust - license files: LICENSE-APACHE and LICENSE-MIT; also the README tells about them.
• ariya/phantomjs - the file is LICENSE.BSD.
• mpv-player/mpv - LICENSE.GPL and LICENSE.LGPL.
• v8/v8 - LICENSE.v8 and 4 other custom suffixes; LICENSE is a concatenation.
• philc/vimium - MIT-LICENSE.txt.
• torch/torch7 - COPYRIGHT.txt with custom header.
• mathiasbynens/dotfiles - the file is LICENSE-MIT.txt.
• Marak/faker.js - file is MIT-LICENSE.txt, custom header.
• gionkunz/chartist-js - the file is LICENSE-MIT.
• php-fig/fig-standards - the file names are LICENSE-CC.md and LICENSE-MIT.md.
• VundleVim/Vundle.vim - the file name is LICENSE-MIT.txt.
• carhartl/jquery-cookie - the file name is MIT-LICENSE.txt.
• JetBrains/kotlin - license directory, the standard file there points to Apache.

Pointers

• akullpp/awesome-java - file consists of the single reference to CC-BY-SA-4.0.
• Unitech/pm2 - the whole content is the name of the real license file.
• ruanyf/es6tutorial - human-readable summary of CC-BY-NC 4.0.
• lukasz-madon/awesome-remote-job - README contains a link to CC0.
• sindresorhus/quick-look-plugins - README points to CC0.
• MaximAbramchuck/awesome-interview-questions - README states CC0.
• enaqx/awesome-react - README states CC0.
• sorrycc/awesome-javascript - README points to CC0.
• vuejs/awesome-vue - CC0 is appended to the end of README.
• terryum/awesome-deep-learning-papers - README points to CC0.
• gztchan/awesome-design - README points to CC0.
• sindresorhus/awesome-electron - README points to CC0.
• donnemartin/system-design-primer - custom text, link to CC-BY 4.0.
• vinta/awesome-python - points to CC-BY 4.0.
• EbookFoundation/free-programming-books - points to CC-BY 4.0.
• kamranahmedse/design-patterns-for-humans - README points to CC-BY 4.0.
• interagent/http-api-design - license file points to CC-BY 3.0.
• kamranahmedse/developer-roadmap - README points to CC-BY 3.0.
• saltstack/salt - custom text, link to Apache.
• inconshreveable/ngrok - points to Apache.
• google/python-fire - points to Apache.
• swagger-api/swagger-ui - points to Apache.
• SignalR/SignalR - points to Apache.
• facebookarchive/three20 - points to Apache.
• atlassian/localstack - points to Apache.
• dmlc/xgboost - points to Apache.
• videojs/video.js - points to Apache.
• alibaba/druid - points to Apache.
• astaxie/beego - points to Apache.
• requests/requests - points to Apache.
• alibaba/fastjson - file points to Apache.
• Reactive-Extensions/RxJS - points to Apache.
• lord/slate - points to Apache.
• donnemartin/data-science-ipython-notebooks - points to Apache.
• donnemartin/interactive-coding-challenges - points to Apache.
• SFTtech/openage - README mentions GNU GPLv3.
• FFmpeg/FFmpeg - custom license text, points to LGPL and GPL.
• androidannotations/androidannotations - license points to Apache and CDDL.
• Theano/Theano - symlink to doc/LICENSE.txt.
• mxgmn/WaveFunctionCollapse - custom text, points to MIT.
• marionettejs/backbone.marionette - custom text, mentions MIT, links to http://mutedsolutions.mit-license.org/.
• date-fns/date-fns - custom text, points to http://kossnocorp.mit-license.org/.
• shadowsocks/shadowsocks-android - shortened GPL.
• mozilla/BrowserQuest - file points to MPL and CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Headers and footers

• Carthage/Carthage - extra content with copyright at the bottom of MIT license.
• serverless/serverless - MIT with extra notice at the bottom.
• gitlabhq/gitlabhq - extra content at the end of MIT or BSD license.
• akveo/blur-admin - MIT license with garbage in the end.
• keras-team/keras - MIT with many copyright notices in the beginning.
• meteor/meteor - custom notice appended in the end of MIT license.
• celery/celery - BSD with custom header and footer.
• parse-community/parse-server - custom footer after BSD.
• ccgus/fmdb - custom header before MIT.
• BVLC/caffe - custom header and footer.
• JuliaLang/julia - custom header and huge footer with dependencies description.
• google/deepdream - Apache with custom header.
• pytorch/pytorch - custom header before BSD.
• strongloop/loopback - MIT with custom header.
• aosabook/500lines - custom format, BSD in the end.
• janpaepke/ScrollMagic - MIT with custom header, mentions GPL.
• google/protobuf - BSD with custom header.
• rapid7/metasploit-framework - BSD with custom footer.
• ipython/ipython - custom format, huge footer.
• jquery/jquery - JQuery with custom footer (he-he).
• hapijs/hapi - BSD with custom header and especially footer.
• sqlmapproject/sqlmap - GPL with custom header.

Concatenations

• nodejs/node - multiple licenses in the same file.
• chrissimpkins/Hack - multiple licenses in the same file.
• shadowsocks/shadowsocks-windows - multiple licenses concatenated together.
• Tencent/mars - many licenses concatenated, custom header.
• lodash/lodash - several licenses concatenated.
• libuv/libuv - several licenses concatenated together.
• iview/iview - several MIT licenses concatenated together.
• fatih/vim-go - two BSDs concatenated together, custom header, middle and bottom.
• bumptech/glide - concatenated licenses.
• sqlitebrowser/sqlitebrowser - GPL and MPL concatenated.
• Mantle/Mantle - two licenses concatenated.
• kripken/emscripten - several licenses concatenated, custom header and footer.
• browserify/browserify - several licenses concatenated.
• aFarkas/html5shiv - the file is MIT and GPL2 licenses.md and it is a concatenation.
• Microsoft/CNTK - custom format, concatenation.
• stedolan/jq - concatenation of several licenses.
• jquery/jquery-ui - concatenation of JQuery and CC0.
• realm/realm-cocoa - Apache concatenated with other content.
• robbiehanson/CocoaAsyncSocket - public domain and BSD, custom format.
• jquery/jquery-mobile - concatenation of JQuery and CC0.

Die hards

• RubaXa/Sortable - license is appended to the end of README.md.
• Automattic/mongoose - BSD license is appended to the end of README.
• mperham/sidekiq - license file is completely custom, mentions LGPL.
• opencv/opencv - license is completely custom format but resembles a BSD.
• python/cpython - license is PSF 2.
• tmux/tmux - custom COPYING, BSD is mentioned in README.
• facebook/nuclide - custom license? resembles BSD.
• realm/realm-java - custom format, Apache concatenated with various notices.
• phanan/htaccess - custom, says something about public domain and unlicense.
• cockroachdb/cockroach - custom text, mentions Apache, CCL, MIT and BSD,
• fbsamples/f8app - customized MIT.
• FortAwesome/Font-Awesome - custom format, mentions several licenses.
• Microsoft/api-guidelines - pointer to CC-BY 4.0 in Guidelines.md.
• neovim/neovim - Apache with custom header and notes.
• moklick/frontend-stuff - summarized CC0.

Miscellaneous

• IanLunn/Hover - custom license, nothing can be done.
• xdissent/ievms - "none" license stated in the README.
• isocpp/CppCoreGuidelines - custom license.
• Modernizr/Modernizr - license file is a joke, README mentions MIT.
• froala/design-blocks - FROALA OPEN WEB DESIGN LICENSE.
• Swordfish90/cool-retro-term - gpl-3.0.txt and gpl-2.0.txt files.