From a1b7ac85a51a4a460fd5c0386982d4f81042c3d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aaron Putterman <60486980+abp6318@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2023 14:22:49 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: added default empty quotes for computeProps

---
 packages/common/src/content/_internal/computeProps.ts | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/common/src/content/_internal/computeProps.ts b/packages/common/src/content/_internal/computeProps.ts
index 44ed9492a1a..07fa1c7d09e 100644
--- a/packages/common/src/content/_internal/computeProps.ts
+++ b/packages/common/src/content/_internal/computeProps.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,10 @@ export function computeProps(
     workspaceRelative: getRelativeWorkspaceUrl("content", content.id),
     thumbnail: thumbnailUrl,
   };
-  content.licenseInfo = model.item.licenseInfo;
+
+  // cannot be null otherwise we'd get a validation
+  // error that doesn't let us save the form
+  content.licenseInfo = model.item.licenseInfo || "";
 
   if (!content.location) {
     // build location if one does not exist based off of the boundary and the item's extent