License of generated shell completion files

[vincentdephily]

So far I've used clap_complete::generate() in my GPLv3-licensed CLI, letting users run it at installation time to get shell completions. But I'd like to improve those completions (take possible arg value from a static or dynamic list, support completion of abbreviated subcommands...) without waiting for upstream (it's been a few years). I'm considering doing a one-off generation of shell completions, patch them, and commit to git.

The question is: what's the license of completions generated by clap_complete ? Is it a "substantial portion of the software" ?Should I add an MIT/spdx header to them ? Or are they public domain ?

[epage]

Not a lawyer but I would consider the generated code to not be substantive enough for the copyright to be from clap_complete but instead it would be your application's license as that is where the "interesting" parts come from.

[vincentdephily]

Fair enough, the generated files are indeed pretty mundane, but it seemed right to ask. Thanks.