fix: depend on licensedcode data package

Signed-off-by: macayu17 <anayush1406@gmail.com>

Author: macayu17

AUTHORS.rst

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ The following organizations or individuals have contributed to ScanCode:
 - Aryan Kenchappagol @aryanxk02
 - Avi Aryan @aviaryan
 - Aviral Verma @avirlrma
+- Ayush @macayu17
 - Ayan Sinha Mahapatra @AyanSinhaMahapatra
 - Ayush Jain @aj4ayushjain
 - Bruno Oliveira @nicoddemus

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ Changelog
 Next release
 --------------
 
+- Fix the ``scancode-toolkit`` wheel dependencies so the
+  ``licensedcode-data`` package is installed with default installs.
+  https://github.com/aboutcode-org/scancode-toolkit/issues/5053
+
 v33.0.0rc1 - 2026-05-14
 ------------------------
 

pyproject-scancode-toolkit-mini.toml

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 
 dependencies = [
+    "licensedcode-data",
     "licensedcode-index",
     "attrs >= 18.1,!=20.1.0;python_version<'3.11'",
     "attrs >= 22.1.0;python_version>='3.11'",
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ Homepage = "https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 licenses = [
-    "licensecode-data",
+    "licensedcode-data",
 ]
 
 # no impact but added for symmetry with the mini config

pyproject-scancode-toolkit.toml

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 
 dependencies = [
+    "licensedcode-data",
     "licensedcode-index",
     "attrs >= 18.1,!=20.1.0;python_version<'3.11'",
     "attrs >= 22.1.0;python_version>='3.11'",
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ Homepage = "https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 licenses = [
-    "licensecode-data",
+    "licensedcode-data",
 ]
 
 # no impact but added for symmetry with the other pyproject.toml

pyproject.toml

@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Homepage = "https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit"
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 # no impact but added for symmetry with the other pyproject.toml
 licenses = [
-    "licensecode-data",
+    "licensedcode-data",
     "licensedcode-index",
 ]
 

tests/scancode/test_release_metadata.py

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) nexB Inc. and others. All rights reserved.
+# ScanCode is a trademark of nexB Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# See http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 for the license text.
+# See https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit for support or download.
+# See https://aboutcode.org for more information about nexB OSS projects.
+#
+
+from os.path import dirname
+from os.path import join
+
+try:
+    import tomli as tomllib
+except ImportError:
+    import tomllib
+
+
+root_dir = dirname(dirname(dirname(__file__)))
+
+release_pyprojects = (
+    "pyproject-scancode-toolkit.toml",
+    "pyproject-scancode-toolkit-mini.toml",
+)
+
+scancode_pyprojects = release_pyprojects + ("pyproject.toml",)
+
+
+def load_project(pyproject):
+    with open(join(root_dir, pyproject), "rb") as inp:
+        pyproject_data = tomllib.load(inp)
+    return pyproject_data["project"]
+
+
+def test_scancode_release_wheels_depend_on_license_data_package():
+    for pyproject in release_pyprojects:
+        dependencies = load_project(pyproject)["dependencies"]
+
+        assert "licensedcode-data" in dependencies
+        assert "licensedcode-index" in dependencies
+
+
+def test_scancode_license_extra_uses_licensedcode_data_package():
+    for pyproject in scancode_pyprojects:
+        license_dependencies = load_project(pyproject)["optional-dependencies"][
+            "licenses"
+        ]
+
+        assert "licensedcode-data" in license_dependencies
+        assert "licensecode-data" not in license_dependencies