fix: base extension without spdx upstream update

Signed-off-by: Christopher Phillips <32073428+spiffcs@users.noreply.github.com>

internal/spdxlicense/license.go

@@ -41,14 +41,21 @@ type LicenseInfo struct {
 	ID string
 }
 
-// LicenseByURL returns the license ID and name for a given URL from the SPDX license list
+// LicenseByURL returns the license ID for a given URL.
-// The URL should match one of the URLs in the seeAlso field of an SPDX license
+// It first checks supplemental mappings (user-contributed URLs not in the official
+// SPDX list), then the auto-generated SPDX license list mappings.
 func LicenseByURL(url string) (LicenseInfo, bool) {
 	url = strings.TrimSpace(url)
-	if id, exists := urlToLicense[url]; exists {
+
-		return LicenseInfo{
+	// Check supplemental mappings first (user-contributed URLs)
-			ID: id,
+	if id, exists := supplementalURLToLicense[url]; exists {
-		}, true
+		return LicenseInfo{ID: id}, true
 	}
+
+	// Fall back to auto-generated SPDX mappings
+	if id, exists := urlToLicense[url]; exists {
+		return LicenseInfo{ID: id}, true
+	}
+
 	return LicenseInfo{}, false
 }

internal/spdxlicense/license_url_test.go

@@ -88,6 +88,40 @@ func TestLicenseByURL(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestLicenseByURL_SupplementalURLs(t *testing.T) {
+	// Test that supplemental URLs (not in the official SPDX list) are resolved correctly
+	// These URLs are defined in supplemental_license_urls.go
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name   string
+		url    string
+		wantID string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:   "LGPL-2.1 http variant (supplemental)",
+			url:    "http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html",
+			wantID: "LGPL-2.1-only",
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "EDL/BSD-3-Clause http variant (supplemental)",
+			url:    "http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php",
+			wantID: "BSD-3-Clause",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			info, found := LicenseByURL(tt.url)
+			if !found {
+				t.Fatalf("LicenseByURL(%q) not found, expected %s", tt.url, tt.wantID)
+			}
+			if info.ID != tt.wantID {
+				t.Errorf("LicenseByURL(%q) = %s, want %s", tt.url, info.ID, tt.wantID)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestLicenseByURL_DeprecatedLicenses(t *testing.T) {
 	// Test that deprecated license URLs map to their replacement licenses
 	// For example, GPL-2.0+ should map to GPL-2.0-or-later

internal/spdxlicense/supplemental_license_urls.go

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package spdxlicense
+
+// supplementalURLToLicense contains URL-to-SPDX-ID mappings that are not in the
+// official SPDX license list but are commonly found in real-world packages.
+//
+// These mappings supplement the auto-generated urlToLicense map from license_list.go.
+// Add new entries here when you encounter license URLs that should map to SPDX IDs
+// but aren't covered by the official SPDX seeAlso URLs.
+//
+// Guidelines for adding entries:
+// - Verify the URL actually corresponds to the SPDX license
+// - Prefer adding to SPDX upstream if the URL is canonical (https://github.com/spdx/license-list-XML)
+// - Use this map for common variants (http vs https, alternate paths) that SPDX won't accept
+var supplementalURLToLicense = map[string]string{
+	// LGPL-2.1: Common http:// variant of the old-licenses path
+	// SPDX has https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1-standalone.html
+	// but many Java packages use this simpler http:// URL
+	"http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html": "LGPL-2.1-only",
+
+	// BSD-3-Clause (EDL): http:// variant of Eclipse Distribution License
+	// SPDX has https://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php
+	// but many Java packages use http:// instead of https://
+	"http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php": "BSD-3-Clause",
+}

syft/pkg/cataloger/java/archive_parser.go

@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg/cataloger/generic"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/pkg/cataloger/java/internal/maven"
-	"github.com/anchore/syft/internal/spdxlicense"
 )
 
 var archiveFormatGlobs = []string{
@@ -376,11 +375,7 @@ func toPkgLicenses(ctx context.Context, location *file.Location, licenses []mave
 		if name == "" && url == "" {
 			continue
 		}
-		if licInfo, ok := spdxlicense.LicenseByURL(url); ok {
+		// NewLicenseFromFieldsWithContext handles URL-to-SPDX-ID lookup internally
-			if name == "" {
-				name = licInfo.ID // use detected license ID if no name given
-			}
-		}
 		out = append(out, pkg.NewLicenseFromFieldsWithContext(ctx, name, url, location))
 	}
 	return out