fix(license.lua): correct license metadata lua processing

news/changelog-1.9.md

@@ -103,3 +103,4 @@ All changes included in 1.9:
 - ([#13528](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/pull/13528)): Adds support for table specification using nested lists and the `list-table` class.
 - ([#13575](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/pull/13575)): Improve CPU architecture detection/reporting in macOS to allow quarto to run in virtualized environments such as OpenAI's `codex`.
 - ([#13656](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/issues/13656)): Fix R code cells with empty `lang: ""` option producing invalid markdown class attributes.
+- ([#13832](https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/pull/13832)): Fix typo that prevented the `license.text` metadata from being set correctly when using an inline license. (author: @mcanouil)

src/resources/filters/modules/license.lua

@@ -83,10 +83,14 @@ local function processLicense(el, meta)
     if ccLicense ~= nil then
       local license = licenses[ccLicense.base]
       if license ~= nil then
+        local licenseText = ''
+        if ccLicense.base and ccLicense.base ~= '' and ccLicense.version and ccLicense.version ~= '' then
+          licenseText = ccLicense.base:upper() .. ' ' .. ccLicense.version
+        end
         return {
           type = pandoc.Inlines(license.type),
           url = pandoc.Inlines(license.licenseUrl(meta.lang, ccLicense.version)),
-          text = pandoc.Inlines('')
+          text = pandoc.Inlines(licenseText)
         }
       end
     end
@@ -159,7 +163,7 @@ local function processLicenseMeta(meta)
         end
         meta[constants.kLicense] = normalizedEls
       elseif pandoc.utils.type(licenseMeta) == "Inlines" then
-        meta[constants.kLicense] = {processLicense(licenseMeta, meta)}
+        meta[constants.kLicense] = processLicense(licenseMeta, meta)
       end
     end
 

tests/docs/smoke-all/2025/12/28/license-CC.qmd

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+format: html
+license: "CC BY"
+_quarto:
+  tests:
+    html:
+      ensureFileRegexMatches:
+        - 
+          - "License: CC BY 4.0"
+---
+
+License: {{< meta license.text >}}

tests/docs/smoke-all/2025/12/28/license-CC0.qmd

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+---
+format: html
+license: "CC0"
+_quarto:
+  tests:
+    html:
+      ensureFileRegexMatches:
+        - 
+          - "License: CC0"
+---
+
+License: {{< meta license.text >}}

tests/docs/smoke-all/2025/12/28/license-copyright-inline.qmd

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+---
+format: html
+license: "Whatever"
+copyright: "2024 My Company"
+_quarto:
+  tests:
+    html:
+      ensureFileRegexMatches:
+        - 
+          - "License: Whatever"
+          - "Copyright: 2024 My Company"
+---
+
+License: {{< meta license.text >}}
+
+Copyright: {{< meta copyright.statement >}}