Update check-licenses script to clarify production license checks and adjust skipped packages

Author: Matthias Stein

src/support/js/check-licenses.ts

@@ -12,11 +12,15 @@
         $ license-checker --summary # outputs list of used licenses
         $ license-checker --json    # outputs details
 
+
+    NOTE: This script only checks production licenses by default.
+    Alter this script if you want to check development dependencies as well (see below).
+
     See also https://www.npmjs.com/package/license-checker
 */
 
 import { init as initChecker } from "license-checker";
-import { cwd, exit} from "node:process";
+import { cwd, exit } from "node:process";
 
 // Licenses known to be OK.
 const ACCEPTED_LICENSES = [
@@ -36,16 +40,16 @@ const ACCEPTED_LICENSES = [
 
 // Packages with licenses that are not recognized properly by license-checker.
 // These must be checked manually.
-const SKIP_PACKAGES = [
-    "event-stream@3.0.20", // MIT License not recognized
-    "taffydb@2.6.2" // BSD-1-Clause License in source code
+const SKIP_PACKAGES: string[] = [
+    "arcgis-js-api@4.31.6"
 ];
 
 initChecker(
     {
         start: cwd(),
         onlyAllow: ACCEPTED_LICENSES.join(";"),
-        excludePackages: SKIP_PACKAGES.join(";")
+        excludePackages: SKIP_PACKAGES.join(";"),
+        production: true
     },
     (error, packages) => {
         void packages; // currently unused