License Manager¶

Manage license and copyright for third party graphics, software or libraries. Group them into categories, add descriptions or web links.

You will find the License Manager under Project -> Tools -> Licenses....

The data is stored inside a json file. This file is automatically added to the export, you do not need to add it yourself. If you provide license files instead of a text, they are also exported.

If paths are added to license data, it will be automatically adjusted if you rename a file or folder inside the editor.

You can change the project license file either with a button at the upper right, in the license menu. Or inside the project settings under the menu Plugins -> Licenses.

Compatibility¶

Screenshot¶

Example¶

/examples/licenses/

Interface¶

Licenses¶

res://addons/licenses/licenses.gd

Providing static utility and static functions to save and load licenses.

Methods¶

bool compare_components_ascending ( Component lhs, Component rhs ) static

Compare components ascending.

Component get_engine_component ( String name ) static

Get engine component by name.

Array[Component] get_engine_components () static

Get all engine components.

Array[Component] get_required_engine_components () static

Get engine components which are marked as required to mention.

int save ( Array[Component] components, String file_path ) -> static

Save array of components to file.

LoadResult load ( String file_path ) static

Load licenses from file.

void set_license_data_filepath ( String path ) static

Set the project license data path.

String get_license_data_filepath () static

Returns the project license data path.

Licenses.LoadResult¶

extendsRefCounted

res://addons/licenses/licenses.gd

Loading result returned when loading a licenses file.

Properties¶

Component¶

extendsRefCounted

res://addons/licenses/component.gd

Component class, data wrapper for all information regarding one license item.

Properties¶

Methods¶

PackedStringArray get_warnings () const

Get warnings regarding this component, e.g. missing license.

Dictionary serialize () const

Serialize to dictionary.

Component deserialize ( Dictionary data )

Load values from dictionary.

Component duplicate () const

Returns a duplicate of itself.

Component.License¶

extendsRefCounted

res://addons/licenses/licenses.gd

License class.

Properties¶

Methods¶

String get_license_text () const

Either returns the license text or loads the text from file or a message that the text could not be loaded.

String serialize () const

Serialize to dictionary.

License deserialize ( Dictionary data )

Load values from dictionary.

License duplicate () const

Returns a duplicate of itself.

Changelog¶

1.8.1¶

• Fix crash when running a project exported in release mode

1.8.0¶

• Require Godot 4.3
• Make use of @export for custom Nodes

1.7.8¶

• Detect movement of licenses json file

1.7.7¶

• Use absolute paths in preloads

1.7.6¶

• Fix scene id
• Code improvement

1.7.5¶

• Fix license file existing check

1.7.4¶

• Fix show engine component

1.7.3¶

• Fix component selection and right click menu

1.7.2¶

• Fix current selection of component on popup
• Change drag and drop behavior

1.7.1¶

• Add adjusting filepath of license files on moving
• Add more warnings
• Fix reloading UI if something was changed on moving

1.7.0¶

• Add renaming of paths when a file or folder gets renamed inside the editor
• Add right click menu to duplicate or delete items

1.6.1¶

• Workaround show engine components, calling static function is bugged

1.6.0¶

• Require Godot 4.2
• Add more values to plugin.cfg
• Add static typing in for loops
• Use static sorting function as lambda

1.5.0¶

• Removed overriden engine methods
• Creating a plugin component will now add the plugin path to paths
• Fix dragging/ double click crash
• Fix overriding project license file if another license file is loaded
• Add warning tooltip if a component paths does not exist