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+// Units for the license-check analyzer (#1475/#2114). Runs against compiled dist/ and stubs deps.dev.
+import { test } from "node:test";
+import assert from "node:assert/strict";
+
+import { scanLicenses } from "../dist/analyzers/license-check.js";
+
+const npmAdd = (name, version = "1.0.0") => ({
+  path: "package.json",
+  patch: `@@ -1,0 +1,1 @@\n+  "${name}": "^${version}"`,
+});
+
+const pypiAdd = (name, version = "1.0.0") => ({
+  path: "requirements.txt",
+  patch: `@@ -1,0 +1,1 @@\n+${name}==${version}`,
+});
+
+const goAdd = (name, version = "1.0.0") => ({
+  path: "go.mod",
+  patch: `@@ -1,0 +1,1 @@\n+require ${name} v${version}`,
+});
+
+const req = (files) => ({
+  repoFullName: "o/r",
+  prNumber: 1,
+  files,
+});
+
+const jsonResponse = (body, init) => new Response(JSON.stringify(body), init);
+
+test("scanLicenses flags copyleft and unknown licenses while ignoring permissive licenses", async () => {
+  const responses = new Map([
+    ["permissive-lib", ["MIT", "Apache-2.0"]],
+    ["copyleft-lib", ["GPL-3.0-only"]],
+    ["unknown-lib", ["NOASSERTION"]],
+    ["@scope/encoded", ["BSD-3-Clause"]],
+  ]);
+  const urls = [];
+
+  const findings = await scanLicenses(
+    req([
+      npmAdd("permissive-lib"),
+      npmAdd("copyleft-lib"),
+      npmAdd("unknown-lib"),
+      npmAdd("@scope/encoded", "2.0.0"),
+    ]),
+    async (url) => {
+      urls.push(String(url));
+      const match = /\/packages\/([^/]+)\/versions\//.exec(String(url));
+      const packageName = decodeURIComponent(match?.[1] ?? "");
+      return jsonResponse({ licenses: responses.get(packageName) ?? [] });
+    },
+  );
+
+  assert.deepEqual(urls, [
+    "https://api.deps.dev/v3/systems/npm/packages/permissive-lib/versions/1.0.0",
+    "https://api.deps.dev/v3/systems/npm/packages/copyleft-lib/versions/1.0.0",
+    "https://api.deps.dev/v3/systems/npm/packages/unknown-lib/versions/1.0.0",
+    "https://api.deps.dev/v3/systems/npm/packages/%40scope%2Fencoded/versions/2.0.0",
+  ]);
+  assert.deepEqual(findings, [
+    {
+      ecosystem: "npm",
+      package: "copyleft-lib",
+      version: "1.0.0",
+      licenses: ["GPL-3.0-only"],
+      classification: "copyleft",
+    },
+    {
+      ecosystem: "npm",
+      package: "unknown-lib",
+      version: "1.0.0",
+      licenses: ["NOASSERTION"],
+      classification: "unknown",
+    },
+  ]);
+});
+
+test("scanLicenses treats an empty or absent license list as unknown", async () => {
+  const findings = await scanLicenses(
+    req([npmAdd("mystery-lib"), npmAdd("empty-license-lib")]),
+    async (url) =>
+      jsonResponse(
+        String(url).includes("empty-license-lib") ? { licenses: [] } : {},
+      ),
+  );
+
+  assert.deepEqual(findings, [
+    {
+      ecosystem: "npm",
+      package: "mystery-lib",
+      version: "1.0.0",
+      licenses: [],
+      classification: "unknown",
+    },
+    {
+      ecosystem: "npm",
+      package: "empty-license-lib",
+      version: "1.0.0",
+      licenses: [],
+      classification: "unknown",
+    },
+  ]);
+});
+
+test("scanLicenses resolves PyPI and Go systems and flags only the copyleft result", async () => {
+  const urls = [];
+  const findings = await scanLicenses(
+    req([pypiAdd("django", "5.0.1"), goAdd("github.com/acme/lib", "1.2.3")]),
+    async (url) => {
+      urls.push(String(url));
+      if (String(url).includes("/systems/pypi/")) {
+        return jsonResponse({ licenses: ["LGPL-3.0-or-later"] });
+      }
+      return jsonResponse({ licenses: ["BSD-3-Clause"] });
+    },
+  );
+
+  assert.deepEqual(urls, [
+    "https://api.deps.dev/v3/systems/pypi/packages/django/versions/5.0.1",
+    "https://api.deps.dev/v3/systems/go/packages/github.com%2Facme%2Flib/versions/1.2.3",
+  ]);
+  assert.deepEqual(findings, [
+    {
+      ecosystem: "PyPI",
+      package: "django",
+      version: "5.0.1",
+      licenses: ["LGPL-3.0-or-later"],
+      classification: "copyleft",
+    },
+  ]);
+});
+
+test("scanLicenses does not fetch or flag when no dependency version changed", async () => {
+  let called = false;
+  const findings = await scanLicenses(
+    req([
+      {
+        path: "package.json",
+        patch:
+          '@@ -1,1 +1,1 @@\n-  "same-lib": "^1.0.0"\n+  "same-lib": "^1.0.0"',
+      },
+      {
+        path: "package.json",
+        patch: '@@ -1,1 +0,0 @@\n-  "removed-lib": "^1.0.0"',
+      },
+      {
+        path: "README.md",
+        patch: "@@ -1,0 +1,1 @@\n+not a manifest",
+      },
+      {
+        path: "package.json",
+        patch: '@@ -1,0 +1,1 @@\n+  "workspace-lib": "workspace:*"',
+      },
+    ]),
+    async () => {
+      called = true;
+      return jsonResponse({ licenses: ["GPL-3.0-only"] });
+    },
+  );
+
+  assert.deepEqual(findings, []);
+  assert.equal(called, false);
+});
+
+test("scanLicenses fails safe when deps.dev cannot resolve a package", async () => {
+  const findings = await scanLicenses(
+    req([npmAdd("network-flake")]),
+    async () => jsonResponse({ error: "temporary" }, { status: 503 }),
+  );
+
+  assert.deepEqual(findings, []);
+
+  const thrown = await scanLicenses(req([npmAdd("throws")]), async () => {
+    throw new Error("network down");
+  });
+
+  assert.deepEqual(thrown, []);
+});