common : add --license to display embedded licenses (#18696)

This commit introduces a mechanism to embed all licenses directly
into the compiled binaries.

This eliminates the need to distribute separate LICENSE files alongside
the executable, making the binaries self-contained and simplifying
deployment.

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c231ec0e3fa147782782334f68d2387dbeda85c6..44c216621017a75f156fefaf4254c3fe502f7ab2 100644 (file)
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@ if (NOT MSVC)
     endif()
 endif()
 
+include("cmake/license.cmake")
+license_add_file("llama.cpp" "LICENSE")
+
 #
 # 3rd-party
 #
@@ -235,6 +238,19 @@ if (LLAMA_BUILD_COMMON AND LLAMA_BUILD_TOOLS)
     add_subdirectory(tools)
 endif()
 
+# Automatically add all files from the 'licenses' directory
+file(GLOB EXTRA_LICENSES "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/licenses/LICENSE-*")
+
+foreach(FILE_PATH ${EXTRA_LICENSES})
+    get_filename_component(FILE_NAME "${FILE_PATH}" NAME)
+    string(REGEX REPLACE "^LICENSE-" "" NAME "${FILE_NAME}")
+    license_add_file("${NAME}" "${FILE_PATH}")
+endforeach()
+
+if (LLAMA_BUILD_COMMON)
+    license_generate(common)
+endif()
+
 #
 # install
 #

diff --git a/cmake/license.cmake b/cmake/license.cmake
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..de06660
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/license.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+define_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY LICENSE_TEXT
+    BRIEF_DOCS "Embedded licenses"
+    FULL_DOCS  "Global string containing all aggregated licenses"
+)
+
+function(license_add_file NAME FILE)
+    if(NOT IS_ABSOLUTE "${FILE}")
+        set(FILE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${FILE}")
+    endif()
+    if(EXISTS "${FILE}")
+        set(TITLE "License for ${NAME}")
+        string(REGEX REPLACE "." "=" UNDERLINE "${TITLE}")
+        file(READ "${FILE}" TEXT)
+        get_property(TMP GLOBAL PROPERTY LICENSE_TEXT)
+        string(APPEND TMP "R\"=L=(${TITLE}\n${UNDERLINE}\n\n${TEXT})=L=\",\n")
+        set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY LICENSE_TEXT "${TMP}")
+    else()
+        message(WARNING "License file '${FILE}' not found")
+    endif()
+endfunction()
+
+function(license_generate TARGET_NAME)
+    message(STATUS "Generating embedded license file for target: ${TARGET_NAME}")
+    get_property(TEXT GLOBAL PROPERTY LICENSE_TEXT)
+
+    set(CPP_CONTENT "// Generated by CMake\n\n")
+    string(APPEND CPP_CONTENT "const char* LICENSES[] = {\n")
+    string(APPEND CPP_CONTENT "${TEXT}")
+    string(APPEND CPP_CONTENT "nullptr\n")
+    string(APPEND CPP_CONTENT "};\n")
+
+    set(CPP_FILE "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/license.cpp")
+    file(WRITE "${CPP_FILE}" "${CPP_CONTENT}")
+
+    if(TARGET ${TARGET_NAME})
+        target_sources(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE "${CPP_FILE}")
+    else()
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "Target '${TARGET_NAME}' does not exist")
+    endif()
+endfunction()

diff --git a/common/CMakeLists.txt b/common/CMakeLists.txt
index f7b99159e3d869eda875ec13e9af751f00cab4d9..55222bdf61cc196ae8451ea27e10a6a2b5813111 100644 (file)
--- a/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -155,27 +155,3 @@ if (LLAMA_LLGUIDANCE)
 endif ()
 
 target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE ${LLAMA_COMMON_EXTRA_LIBS} PUBLIC llama Threads::Threads)
-
-
-#
-# copy the license files
-#
-
-# Check if running in GitHub Actions
-if (DEFINED ENV{GITHUB_ACTIONS} AND "$ENV{GITHUB_ACTIONS}" STREQUAL "true")
-    message(STATUS "Running inside GitHub Actions - copying license files")
-
-    # Copy all files from licenses/ to build/bin/
-    file(GLOB LICENSE_FILES "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/licenses/*")
-    foreach(LICENSE_FILE ${LICENSE_FILES})
-        get_filename_component(FILENAME ${LICENSE_FILE} NAME)
-        add_custom_command(
-            POST_BUILD
-            TARGET ${TARGET}
-            COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different
-                "${LICENSE_FILE}"
-                "$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:llama>/${FILENAME}"
-            COMMENT "Copying ${FILENAME} to ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}")
-        message(STATUS "Copying ${LICENSE_FILE} to ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/${FILENAME}")
-    endforeach()
-endif()

diff --git a/common/arg.cpp b/common/arg.cpp
index 72750a3cba0a3e764bf5d36d1bbf150e69b59664..869ec545e69b640fa684fe633991545a36b55760 100644 (file)
--- a/common/arg.cpp
+++ b/common/arg.cpp
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 
 #include "chat.h"
 #include "common.h"
+#include "download.h"
 #include "json-schema-to-grammar.h"
 #include "log.h"
 #include "sampling.h"
-#include "download.h"
 #include "preset.h"
 
 // fix problem with std::min and std::max
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@
 
 #define LLAMA_MAX_URL_LENGTH 2084 // Maximum URL Length in Chrome: 2083
 
+extern const char * LICENSES[];
+
 using json = nlohmann::ordered_json;
 using namespace common_arg_utils;
 
@@ -1030,6 +1032,16 @@ common_params_context common_params_parser_init(common_params & params, llama_ex
             exit(0);
         }
     ));
+    add_opt(common_arg(
+        {"--license"},
+        "show source code license and dependencies",
+        [](common_params &) {
+            for (int i = 0; LICENSES[i]; ++i) {
+                printf("%s\n", LICENSES[i]);
+            }
+            exit(0);
+        }
+    ));
     add_opt(common_arg(
         {"-cl", "--cache-list"},
         "show list of models in cache",

diff --git a/licenses/LICENSE-curl b/licenses/LICENSE-curl
index da9c038253092b4992247bae77088eddfc1eca53..2f71d999a9c8816b9ed595fbae9c9a7b6b7ad039 100644 (file)
--- a/licenses/LICENSE-curl
+++ b/licenses/LICENSE-curl
@@ -1,9 +1,22 @@
-Copyright (c) 1996 - 2025, Daniel Stenberg, daniel@haxx.se, and many contributors, see the THANKS file.
+COPYRIGHT AND PERMISSION NOTICE
+
+Copyright (c) 1996 - 2026, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, and many
+contributors, see the THANKS file.
 
 All rights reserved.
 
-Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
+Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any purpose
+with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright
+notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
 
-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS. IN
+NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,
+DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
+OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE
+OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
-Except as contained in this notice, the name of a copyright holder shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written authorization of the copyright holder.
+Except as contained in this notice, the name of a copyright holder shall not
+be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or other dealings
+in this Software without prior written authorization of the copyright holder.

diff --git a/licenses/LICENSE-httplib b/licenses/LICENSE-httplib
deleted file mode 100644 (file)
index 47c418e..0000000
--- a/licenses/LICENSE-httplib
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-The MIT License (MIT)
-
-Copyright (c) 2017 yhirose
-
-Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
-in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-
-The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
-copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-
-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
-SOFTWARE.

diff --git a/scripts/sync_vendor.py b/scripts/sync_vendor.py
index ed6bf1bf4e27f327f614b0fa69ba7a4b463a1b6e..95377b29f7ee0f17a6412286f6a4b65ca0d559cc 100755 (executable)
--- a/scripts/sync_vendor.py
+++ b/scripts/sync_vendor.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ vendor = {
     "https://github.com/mackron/miniaudio/raw/669ed3e844524fcd883231b13095baee9f6de304/miniaudio.h": "vendor/miniaudio/miniaudio.h",
 
     "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/refs/tags/v0.30.0/httplib.h": "vendor/cpp-httplib/httplib.h",
+    "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/refs/tags/v0.30.0/LICENSE":   "vendor/cpp-httplib/LICENSE",
 
     "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sheredom/subprocess.h/b49c56e9fe214488493021017bf3954b91c7c1f5/subprocess.h": "vendor/sheredom/subprocess.h",
 }

diff --git a/vendor/cpp-httplib/CMakeLists.txt b/vendor/cpp-httplib/CMakeLists.txt
index 8f0d15d1fd3b51550674ffabfb8215e7b2405c86..172b925453f35b630d46da9d29b52ab4d3f6eb06 100644 (file)
--- a/vendor/cpp-httplib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/vendor/cpp-httplib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 set(TARGET cpp-httplib)
+license_add_file("cpp-httplib" "LICENSE")
 
 find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ if (NOT MSVC)
     target_compile_options(${TARGET} PRIVATE -w)
 endif()
 
-target_link_libraries  (${TARGET} PRIVATE Threads::Threads)
+target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE Threads::Threads)
 
 if (WIN32 AND NOT MSVC)
     target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE ws2_32)
@@ -67,6 +68,8 @@ if (LLAMA_BUILD_BORINGSSL)
     set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ${SAVED_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS})
     set(BUILD_TESTING ${SAVED_BUILD_TESTING})
 
+    license_add_file("BoringSSL" "${boringssl_SOURCE_DIR}/LICENSE")
+
     set(CPPHTTPLIB_OPENSSL_SUPPORT TRUE)
     target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PUBLIC ssl crypto)
 
@@ -108,6 +111,8 @@ elseif (LLAMA_BUILD_LIBRESSL)
     set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ${SAVED_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS})
     set(BUILD_TESTING ${SAVED_BUILD_TESTING})
 
+    license_add_file("LibreSSL" "${libressl_SOURCE_DIR}/COPYING")
+
     set(CPPHTTPLIB_OPENSSL_SUPPORT TRUE)
     target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PUBLIC ssl crypto)
 

diff --git a/vendor/cpp-httplib/LICENSE b/vendor/cpp-httplib/LICENSE
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..3e5ed35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/cpp-httplib/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2017 yhirose
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
+