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### License Finder commands
+> Note: License Finder currently uses GitLab misused terms of whitelist and blacklist. As a result, the commands below references those terms. We've created an [issue on their project](https://github.com/pivotal/LicenseFinder/issues/745) to propose that they rename their commands.
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There are a few basic commands License Finder provides that you'll need in order to manage license detection.
To verify that the checks are passing, and/or to see what dependencies are causing the checks to fail:
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bundle exec license_finder
```
-To whitelist a new license:
+To allowlist a new license:
```shell
license_finder whitelist add MIT
```
-To blacklist a new license:
+To denylist a new license:
```shell
-license_finder blacklist add GPLv2
+license_finder blacklist add Unlicense
```
To tell License Finder about a dependency's license if it isn't auto-detected: