License is not found using the Github API

[Paolo Mainardi]

What piece of documentation is affected?

The license

What part(s) of the article would you like to see updated?

The license file

Additional Information

I was fetching some data from here: https://api.github.com/repos/superagent-ai/superagent/license
I found that the license is not correctly identified:

{
  "name": "LICENSE",
  "path": "LICENSE",
  "sha": "2cff8db0fb4d90347f4eeb64e58d22c1c99b99e2",
  "size": 947,
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/superagent-ai/superagent/contents/LICENSE?ref=main",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/superagent-ai/superagent/blob/main/LICENSE",
  "git_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/superagent-ai/superagent/git/blobs/2cff8db0fb4d90347f4eeb64e58d22c1c99b99e2",
  "download_url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/superagent-ai/superagent/main/LICENSE",
  "type": "file",
  "content": "IyBMaWNlbnNlCgojIyBNSVQgTGljZW5zZQoKQ29weXJpZ2h0IChjKSAyMDIz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\nLgo=\n",
  "encoding": "base64",
  "_links": {
    "self": "https://api.github.com/repos/superagent-ai/superagent/contents/LICENSE?ref=main",
    "git": "https://api.github.com/repos/superagent-ai/superagent/git/blobs/2cff8db0fb4d90347f4eeb64e58d22c1c99b99e2",
    "html": "https://github.com/superagent-ai/superagent/blob/main/LICENSE"
  },
  "license": {
    "key": "other",
    "name": "Other",
    "spdx_id": "NOASSERTION",
    "url": null,
    "node_id": "MDc6TGljZW5zZTA="
  }
}

I think that can be fixed just by adding a license identifier: // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT License to the license file.

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