fix: update license content filtering default case to be 'none' for no content returned

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

cmd/syft/internal/options/license.go

@@ -4,18 +4,13 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/anchore/clio"
+	"github.com/anchore/syft/internal"
 	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/cataloging"
 )
 
 type licenseConfig struct {
-	Content cataloging.LicenseContent `yaml:"content" json:"content" mapstructure:"content"`
+	Content                 cataloging.LicenseContent   `yaml:"content" json:"content" mapstructure:"content"`
-	// Deprecated: please use include-license-content instead
+	Coverage                float64                     `yaml:"coverage" json:"coverage" mapstructure:"coverage"`
-	IncludeUnknownLicenseContent *bool `yaml:"-" json:"-" mapstructure:"include-unknown-license-content"`
-
-	Coverage float64 `yaml:"coverage" json:"coverage" mapstructure:"coverage"`
-	// Deprecated: please use coverage instead
-	LicenseCoverage *float64 `yaml:"license-coverage" json:"license-coverage" mapstructure:"license-coverage"`
-
 	AvailableLicenseContent []cataloging.LicenseContent `yaml:"-" json:"-" mapstructure:"-"`
 }
 
@@ -25,43 +20,16 @@ var _ interface {
 
 func (o *licenseConfig) DescribeFields(descriptions clio.FieldDescriptionSet) {
 	descriptions.Add(&o.Content, fmt.Sprintf("include the content of licenses in the SBOM for a given syft scan; valid values are: %s", o.AvailableLicenseContent))
-	descriptions.Add(&o.IncludeUnknownLicenseContent, `deprecated: please use 'license-content' instead`)
 
 	descriptions.Add(&o.Coverage, `adjust the percent as a fraction of the total text, in normalized words, that
 matches any valid license for the given inputs, expressed as a percentage across all of the licenses matched.`)
-	descriptions.Add(&o.LicenseCoverage, `deprecated: please use 'coverage' instead`)
 }
 
 func (o *licenseConfig) PostLoad() error {
-	cfg := cataloging.DefaultLicenseConfig()
+	validContent := internal.NewSet(o.AvailableLicenseContent...)
-	defaultContent := cfg.IncludeContent
+	if !validContent.Contains(o.Content) {
-	defaultCoverage := cfg.Coverage
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not use %q as license content option; valid values are: %v", o.Content, validContent.ToSlice())
-
-	// if both legacy and new fields are specified, error out
-	if o.IncludeUnknownLicenseContent != nil && o.Content != defaultContent {
-		return fmt.Errorf("both 'include-unknown-license-content' and 'content' are set, please use only 'content'")
 	}
-
-	if o.LicenseCoverage != nil && o.Coverage != defaultCoverage {
-		return fmt.Errorf("both 'license-coverage' and 'coverage' are set, please use only 'coverage'")
-	}
-
-	// finalize the license content value
-	if o.IncludeUnknownLicenseContent != nil {
-		// convert 'include-unknown-license-content' -> 'license-content'
-		v := cataloging.LicenseContentExcludeAll
-		if *o.IncludeUnknownLicenseContent {
-			v = cataloging.LicenseContentIncludeUnknown
-		}
-		o.Content = v
-	}
-
-	// finalize the coverage value
-	if o.LicenseCoverage != nil {
-		// convert 'license-coverage' -> 'coverage'
-		o.Coverage = *o.LicenseCoverage
-	}
-
 	return nil
 }
 

internal/task/package_task_factory.go

@@ -278,16 +278,16 @@ func applyLicenseContentRules(p *pkg.Package, cfg cataloging.LicenseConfig) {
 		l := &licenses[i]
 		switch cfg.IncludeContent {
 		case cataloging.LicenseContentIncludeUnknown:
-			// we don't have an SPDX expression, which means we didn't find an SPDX license
+			// we have an SPDX expression, which means this is NOT an unknown license
-			// include the unknown licenses content in the final SBOM
+			// remove the content, we are only including content for unknown licenses by default
 			if l.SPDXExpression != "" {
 				licenses[i].Contents = ""
 			}
-		case cataloging.LicenseContentExcludeAll:
-			// clear it all out
-			licenses[i].Contents = ""
 		case cataloging.LicenseContentIncludeAll:
 			// always include the content
+		default:
+			// clear it all out
+			licenses[i].Contents = ""
 		}
 	}
 

internal/task/package_task_factory_test.go

@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func TestApplyLicenseContentRules(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			name: "IncludeLicenseContentDefault",
+			name: "LicenseContentIncludeAll",
 			inputLicenses: []pkg.License{
 				licenseWithSPDX,
 				licenseWithoutSPDX,
@@ -193,6 +193,41 @@ func TestApplyLicenseContentRules(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "default license config should be LicenseContentExcludeAll",
+			inputLicenses: []pkg.License{
+				licenseWithSPDX,
+				licenseWithoutSPDX,
+			},
+			cfg: cataloging.DefaultLicenseConfig(),
+			expectedLicenses: []pkg.License{
+				{
+					SPDXExpression: "MIT",
+				},
+				{
+					Value: "License-Not-A-SPDX-Expression",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "invalid license content cataloging config results in the default case",
+			inputLicenses: []pkg.License{
+				licenseWithSPDX,
+				licenseWithoutSPDX,
+			},
+			cfg: cataloging.LicenseConfig{
+				IncludeContent: cataloging.LicenseContent("invalid"),
+			},
+			expectedLicenses: []pkg.License{
+				{
+					SPDXExpression: "MIT",
+				},
+				{
+					Value:    "License-Not-A-SPDX-Expression",
+					Contents: "", // content all removed
+				},
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			name:          "Empty licenses",
 			inputLicenses: []pkg.License{},

syft/cataloging/license.go

@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ const (
 )
 
 type LicenseConfig struct {
-	// IncludeUnknownLicenseContent controls whether the content of a license should be included in the SBOM when the license ID cannot be determined.
-	// Deprecated: use IncludeContent instead
-	IncludeUnknownLicenseContent bool `json:"-" yaml:"-" mapstructure:"-"`
-
 	// IncludeContent controls whether license copy discovered should be included in the SBOM.
 	IncludeContent LicenseContent `json:"include-content" yaml:"include-content" mapstructure:"include-content"`
 

syft/format/common/spdxhelpers/to_format_model_test.go

@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ func Test_otherLicenses(t *testing.T) {
 				{
 					LicenseIdentifier: "LicenseRef-3f17782eef51ae86f18fdd6832f5918e2b40f688b52c9adc07ba6ec1024ef408",
 					// Carries through the syft-json license value when we shasum large texts
-					LicenseName:   "LicenseRef-sha256:3f17782eef51ae86f18fdd6832f5918e2b40f688b52c9adc07ba6ec1024ef408",
+					LicenseName:   "sha256:3f17782eef51ae86f18fdd6832f5918e2b40f688b52c9adc07ba6ec1024ef408",
 					ExtractedText: strings.TrimSpace(bigText),
 				},
 			},

syft/format/internal/spdxutil/helpers/license.go

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func ParseLicenses(raw []pkg.License) (concluded, declared []SPDXLicense, otherL
 	for _, l := range raw {
 		candidate := createSPDXLicense(l)
 
-		// isCustomLicense determines if the candidate falls under https://spdx.github.io/spdx-spec/v2.3/other-licensing-information-detected/#
+		// this determines if the candidate falls under https://spdx.github.io/spdx-spec/v2.3/other-licensing-information-detected/#
 		// of the SPDX spec, where:
 		// - we should not have a complex SPDX expression
 		// - if a single license, it should not be a known license (on the SPDX license list)

syft/pkg/license.go

@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ func (b *licenseBuilder) licensesFromEvidenceAndContent(evidence []licenses.Evid
 
 func (b *licenseBuilder) licenseFromContentHash(content string) License {
 	hash := sha256HexFromString(content)
-	value := "LicenseRef-sha256:" + hash
+	value := "sha256:" + hash
 
 	return License{
 		Value:     value,

syft/pkg/license_set_test.go

@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ func TestLicenseSet_Add(t *testing.T) {
 					Locations:      file.NewLocationSet(),
 				},
 				{
-					Value:    "LicenseRef-sha256:eebcea3ab1d1a28e671de90119ffcfb35fe86951e4af1b17af52b7a82fcf7d0a",
+					Value:    "sha256:eebcea3ab1d1a28e671de90119ffcfb35fe86951e4af1b17af52b7a82fcf7d0a",
 					Contents: readFileAsString("../../internal/licenses/test-fixtures/nvidia-software-and-cuda-supplement"),
 					Type:     license.Declared,
 				},

syft/pkg/license_test.go

@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ func TestFullText(t *testing.T) {
 			name:  "Full Text field is populated with the correct full text and contents are given a sha256 as value",
 			value: fullText,
 			want: License{
-				Value:    "LicenseRef-sha256:108067fa71229a2b98b9696af0ce21cd11d9639634c8bc94bda70ebedf291e5a",
+				Value:    "sha256:108067fa71229a2b98b9696af0ce21cd11d9639634c8bc94bda70ebedf291e5a",
 				Type:     license.Declared,
 				Contents: fullText,
 			},