Bug: licensecheck fails to identify all licenses of docutils package

[NicolaDonelli]

I am publishing a python package, licensed with a MIT license, that depends on docutils == 0.17.1. According to its license page docutils is licensed as Public Domain, Python Software, BSD2 and GPL but it seems that licenscecheck fails to correctly parse the GPL and BSD2.

Reproducible example

OS: MacOS Monterey 12.6

Requirements file: requirements.txt

docutils==0.17.1

Project License: MIT

Command: python -m licensecheck --using 'requirements:requirements.txt'
Output:

WARN: 'GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE (GPL)' License not identified so falling back to NO_LICENSE
┌──────┬────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────┐
│Compat│      Package       │           License            │
├──────┼────────────────────┼──────────────────────────────┤
│  ❌  │docutils            │Public Domain, Python Software│
└──────┴────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────┘

Expected Output:

WARN: 'GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE (GPL)' License not identified so falling back to NO_LICENSE

┌──────┬────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────────┐
│Compat│      Package       │           License                      │
├──────┼────────────────────┼────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  ❌  │docutils            │Public Domain, Python Software, GPL, BSD│
└──────┴────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────────┘

[NicolaDonelli]

P.s. Sorry for having mistakenly labelled the issue as a question: I realised after publishing it that it could probably be better categorised as a bug but it seems I cannot change the label anymore...

[FredHappyface]

Hi thanks for opening the issue. What is happening is that the terminal reporter/ formatter is cutting off the licenses to fit the table. Using --formatter markdown yields

python3 -m licensecheck --using 'requirements:requirements.txt;requirements_optional.txt' --format markdown > foo.md

[FredHappyface]

Fixed in 2022.2 :)