info-license

Requires an inline info object to contain license.

Attribute	Value
Category	Metadata
Maturity	Silver
OpenAPI	Swagger 2.0; OpenAPI 3.0, 3.1, 3.2
Starter–Lenient	Off
Recommended–Strict	Warning
Complete	Error

Intent

License metadata tells consumers the terms under which they may use the API.

Flags

An object-valued info without a license property.

Does not flag

A non-object info value, an info object containing $ref, or any info object containing license, regardless of its value. Use info-license-strict to require a URL or identifier.

See it fail

info:
  title: Payments API
  version: 1.0.0

Diagnostic: Info object should contain `license` field.

Fix it

info:
  title: Payments API
  version: 1.0.0
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html

Configure

profiles:
  default:
    rules:
      extends: [recommended]
      override:
        info-license: error

Nearby: info-license-strict, info-contact.