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add a clarifying comment to [pypi] getLicenses #8718

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10 changes: 10 additions & 0 deletions services/pypi/pypi-helpers.js
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Expand Up @@ -50,6 +50,16 @@ function getLicenses(packageData) {
const {
info: { license },
} = packageData

/*
The .license field may either contain
- a short license description (e.g: 'MIT' or 'GPL-3.0') or
- the full text of a license
but there is nothing in the response that tells us explicitly.
We have to make an assumption based on the length.
See https://github.com/badges/shields/issues/8689 and
https://github.com/badges/shields/pull/8690 for more info.
*/
if (license && license.length < 40) {
return [license]
} else {
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