open-source-license

open-source-license is a skill for Claude Code from skala-io/legal-skills. It costs 88 tokens per session (1,429 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A guide for choosing, comparing, and checking open-source software licences and preparing related notices or licence files.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to select a licence, compare licence terms, review compliance, or create LICENSE and NOTICE files.
Why use it?
It helps identify licence obligations and compatibility problems before software is published or combined with other code.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: shipped in a Claude Code plugin.

Part of the legal-skills plugin — 11 skills shipped together

Good fit Use it to select a licence, compare licence terms, review compliance, or create LICENSE and NOTICE files.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/skala-io/legal-skills/open-source-license
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Any agent
npx skills add skala-io/legal-skills --skill open-source-license
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/skala-io/legal-skills

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install legal-skills, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 11 skills.

Wrote this? Show the measurements

A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.

agentmods badge for open-source-license

README.md
[![agentmods](https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/skala-io/legal-skills/open-source-license/github.svg)](https://agentmods.dev/skills/skala-io/legal-skills/open-source-license)
Your own site
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/skala-io/legal-skills/open-source-license"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/skala-io/legal-skills/open-source-license/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>

Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.

agentmods 80×15 button for open-source-license

Your own site · 80×15
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/skala-io/legal-skills/open-source-license"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/skala-io/legal-skills/open-source-license.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>
Per session 88 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,429 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00088 $0.01429
Opus 5 $0.00044 $0.00714
Sonnet 5 $0.00018 $0.00286
Haiku 4.5 $0.00009 $0.00143

Measured 13d ago against content hash 0cf4c203ee0d, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-12, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

open-source-license scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 13d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

skills/open-source-license/SKILL.md · 157 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 157 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

First published on Skala Legal Skills

This skill is provided for informational and educational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. The analysis and information provided should not be relied upon as a substitute for consultation with a qualified attorney. No attorney-client relationship is created by using this skill. Open source licensing involves complex legal considerations that may vary by jurisdiction. Laws and regulations vary by jurisdiction and change over time. Always consult with a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction for advice on specific legal matters. The creators and publishers of this skill disclaim any liability for actions taken or not taken based on the information provided.


Open Source License Skill

Comprehensive guidance for open source license selection, compliance review, and documentation drafting.

Capabilities

1. License Selection

Help users choose the right license based on their goals using the decision tree.

2. License Comparison

Explain differences between licenses, compatibility, and trade-offs.

3. Compliance Review

Analyze projects for license compliance issues and compatibility conflicts.

4. License Drafting

Generate LICENSE files, NOTICE files, and source file headers using canonical texts.

Workflow

For License Selection Questions

  1. Read references/selection/decision-tree.md
  2. Ask clarifying questions based on the decision tree:
    • Primary goal (adoption vs keeping code open)?
    • Patent protection needed?
    • Library or application?
    • SaaS/network use?
  3. Provide recommendation with reasoning
  4. Reference notable projects using recommended license
  5. Offer to generate LICENSE file if desired

For License Comparison Questions

  1. Read references/selection/comparison-matrix.md
  2. Compare requested licenses across key dimensions:
    • Permissions (commercial use, distribution, modification)
    • Conditions (attribution, copyleft, source disclosure)
    • Limitations (liability, warranty)
  3. Highlight key differences
  4. Provide examples of projects using each license

Read the full file on GitHub · 157 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 13d ago First seen · 157 lines · 88 tokens per session scan A 0cf4c203ee0d

Subscribe to this mod's changes

open-source-license is a skill published in the GitHub repository skala-io/legal-skills (48 stars, last pushed 7mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 88 tokens to every session and 1,429 once invoked, about $0.0004 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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