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Unhelpful error message: Unexpected SPDX error parsing license string #213
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While trying to convert this v2.3 SBOM to v3, the folowing error message is written:
Error converting: Error converting SPDX file: class org.spdx.core.InvalidSPDXAnalysisException Error parsing JSON field for ID SPDXRef-nginx-source: Unexpected SPDX error parsing license string
The license string in question is BSD-2-Clause, which is a valid SPDX license string. The error message does not elaborate why the license is invalid and it is not clear if the correct license is read.
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goneall commentedon Jul 28, 2025
There was an incorrect import in the SPDX Java Library which masked the more detailed error message.
Here's the full message:
I'll create a separate issue and pull request to fix the error message issue.
goneall commentedon Jul 28, 2025
It looks like this PR already fixes the error message: spdx/Spdx-Java-Library#339
goneall commentedon Jul 28, 2025
Looking at the source sbom, the issue is with line 142 - the
licenseInfoInFilesis intended to list out the license expressions for each file.bitmotivator commentedon Jul 28, 2025
Wow, thank you for the quick response @goneall !
goneall commentedon Oct 15, 2025
Looks like this is fixed with spdx/Spdx-Java-Library#339
Closing the issue
I'll be creating a new release soon