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# SPDX license list import **(ULTIMATE SELF)**
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GitLab provides a Rake task for uploading a fresh copy of the [SPDX license list ](https://spdx.org/licenses/ )
to a GitLab instance. This list is needed for matching the names of [License Compliance policies ](../user/compliance/license_compliance/index.md ).
To import a fresh copy of the PDX license list, run:
```shell
# omnibus-gitlab
sudo gitlab-rake gitlab:spdx:import
# source installations
bundle exec rake gitlab:spdx:import RAILS_ENV=production
```
To perform this task in the [offline environment ](../user/application_security/offline_deployments/#defining-offline-environments ),
an outbound connection to [`licenses.json` ](https://spdx.org/licenses/licenses.json ) should be
allowed.
