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+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2022 Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+JSON_FILES ?= $(error JSON_FILES= is required)
+
+.PHONY: lint-license
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+lint : lint-license
+
+lint-license-gargs += --recursive
+
+# ignore: png, xlsx
+# will utf8 be excluded(?)
+lint-license-gargs += --binary-files=without-match
+lint-license-gargs += --files-without-match
+
+# [TODO] license checking accepts either Copy or Apache.
+# [TODO] At least Copyright should be required (both?)
+lint-license-gargs += --extended-regexp
+lint-license-gargs += -e 'Copyright[[:space:]]+[[:digit:]]{4}'
+lint-license-gargs += -e 'Apache License'
+
+# [TODO] --strict, --strict-dates
+
+# TODO: Normalize into .venv for consistent filtering across projects.
+lint-license-gargs += --exclude-dir='.git'
+lint-license-gargs += --exclude-dir='vst_venv'
+lint-license-gargs += --exclude-dir='flog'
+
+lint-license-gargs += --exclude='*.json'
+lint-license-gargs += --exclude='*.md'
+lint-license-gargs += --exclude='*.pyc'
+lint-license-gargs += --exclude='*.xml'
+
+# [FILE(s)]
+lint-license-gargs += --exclude='VERSION'
+
+# [GIT]
+# lint-license-gargs += --exclude='.gitignore'
+# lint-license-gargs += --exclude='.gitreview'
+lint-license-gargs += --exclude='\.*'
+
+# [PYTHON]
+lint-license-gargs += --exclude='requirements.txt'
+
+# [WIP]
+lint-license-gargs += --exclude='patch'
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+lint-license-new:
+	grep $(lint-license-gargs) $(dot)
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Jenkins job checking logic.
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+lint-license:
+	$(MAKEDIR)/lint/license/license-check.sh
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+help::
+	@echo "  lint-license         Verify sources contain a license block."
+	@echo "  lint-license-new     Grep driven replacement logic."
+
+# [EOF]