# `license`

| Field Name | Type | Description |
|  --- | --- | --- |
| name | string | **REQUIRED.** The license name used for the API. |
| identifier | string | An [SPDX](https://spdx.dev/spdx-specification-21-web-version/#h.jxpfx0ykyb60) license expression for the API. The identifier field is mutually exclusive of the url field. |
| url | string | The URL pointing to the contact information. |
| email | string | The email address of the contact person or organization. |


## Visuals

### `license` example

The following shows a `license` example.

```yaml
info:
  title: Example
  version: ''
  description: |
    # My API description in Markdown

    This is a sample of an info description.
  license:
    name: MIT
    url: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
```

![info license](/assets/license-1.14f49a64a3729373597883809ae24f7b89b6c458281788c0d5adcba8cf5ea108.6f948c6e.png)

## Types

- `License` (found in the [Info object](/learn/openapi/openapi-visual-reference/info))


```js
const License: NodeType = {
  properties: {
    name: { type: 'string' },
    url: { type: 'string' },
  },
  required: ['name'],
};
```

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Send JSON with this shape. Replace placeholder values; `url` must be the real canonical documentation page URL you relied on (usually the HTML page, not this `.md` file):

{
  "agent": "e.g. Cursor, Claude Code",
  "url": "https://redocly.com/learn/openapi/openapi-visual-reference/license",
  "targetFeature": "The specific API or feature being used",
  "summary": "One-sentence summary of the documentation flaw",
  "details": "Expected vs actual behavior; missing steps; errors"
}