Qt attribution.json

qt_attribution.json files are used to document 3rd party code inside the Qt modules (from Qt 5.8 onwards). It is a JSON based format that can be processed with the licensescanner tool. It is officially documented in QUIP 7.

A qt_attribution.json file needs to contain one JSON object, or one array of JSON objects, with the following string properties:

Content

Name	Description	Usage in qdoc
Id	Unique name for package, without spaces. All lower case. Mandatory.	\target and part of page name
Name	Descriptive name of the package, without version number. Camel case. Mandatory.	\title
QDocModule	The qch file the documentation of the package should be part of. Mandatory.	-
QtUsage	Free text on where the 3rd party code in Qt is used, and how to avoid it (configure options?). Mandatory.	Shown as text.
QtParts	JS array with possible entries "examples", "tests", "tools", or "libs". Default is [ "libs" ].	Only code with "libs" is shown in the 3rd party overview per module.
Path	(Relative) path to the sources. Default is same directory is qt_attribution.json file. Optional.	Shown as text.
Files	List of files, relative to Path. Optional.	Shown as text.
Description	A short description of what the package is and is used for. Optional.	Shown as text.
Homepage	Homepage of the upstream project. Optional.	Shown as link.
Version	Version used from the upstream project. Optional.	Shown as text.
DownloadLocation	Link to exact upstream version. Optional.	Shown as link for Version text.
License	The license under which the package is distributed, preferably with the names from SPDX 'Full Name'. Mandatory.	Shown as text.
LicenseId	SPDX or DejaCode ID. Optional.	Shown as link (\l https://spdx.org/licenses/XXX).
LicenseFile	Relative path to file containing the license text. Optional for code in the Public Domain, otherwise needed.	Content is shown as text.
LicenseFiles	List of license files. Handling is the same as for 'LicenseFile' (the content in the output will just be concatenated). Supported in Qt 6.0 onwards.	Content is shown as text.
Copyright	(Aggregated) list of copyright lines. Mandatory, except if CopyrightFile is provided.	Shown as text.
CopyrightFile	Relative path to a file containing the copyright text. Supported in Qt 6.0 onwards.	Content is shown as text.

Example

{
    "Id": "sqlite",
    "Name": "SQLite",
    "QDocModule": "qtsql",
    "QtUsage": "Used in Qt SQL Lite plugin.",

    "Description": "SQLite is a small C library that implements a self-contained, embeddable, zero-configuration SQL database engine.
Configure with -system-sqlite or -no-sqlite to avoid.",
    "Homepage": "http://www.sqlite.org/",
    "Version": "3.11.1.0",
    "License": "Public Domain",
    "Copyright": "The author disclaims copyright to this source code. However, a license can be obtained if needed."
}