Where to put SPDX license Identifier?

Where to put SPDX license Identifier?

Format for SPDX-License-Identifier The SPDX-License-Identifier tag declares the license the file is under and should be placed at or near the top of the file in a comment.

What is a Spdx license identifier?

SPDX License Identifiers can be used to indicate relevant license information at any level, from package to the source code file level. Accurately identifying the license for open source software is important for license compliance.

What is Linux kernel licensing model?

Linux has the GPL (v2) as its licence, which means you have to open source any derivative works. If the filesystem you use is to be linked into the kernel itself, and if you plan to distribute it to others, the GPL pretty unambiguously requires that the filesystem be GPL’ed as well.

Which type of licensing schema is normally applied to the Linux kernel?

The Linux Kernel is provided under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only (GPL-2.0), as provided in LICENSES/preferred/GPL-2.0, with an explicit syscall exception described in LICENSES/exceptions/Linux-syscall-note, as described in the COPYING file.

How do you use FOSSology?

There are three main ways to install FOSSology:

1. Using Docker. If docker is installed, FOSSology is on docker hub.
2. Using Vagrant and VirtualBox. Just checkout or download the project and execute a classic vagrant up.
3. Install from source.

What is white source scan?

WhiteSource automates the entire process of open source component selection, approval and management, including detection and remediation of security and compliance issues. It integrates with all stages of your software development lifecycle (SDLC) to alert in real time and help you fix issues faster and easier.

When to use SPDX short identifiers in source files?

Easy look-ups and cross-references to the SPDX License List website. To the extent that a source file contains existing copyright and license information, it is the SPDX project’s recommendation that SPDX short identifiers be used to supplement, not replace that information.

What is the purpose of the SPDX License List?

The SPDX License List includes a standardized short identifier, the full name, the license text, and a canonical permanent URL for each license and exception. The purpose of the SPDX License List is to enable efficient and reliable identification of such licenses and exceptions in an SPDX document, in source files or elsewhere.

What is release 2.0 of the SPDX specification?

Release 2.0 of the SPDX Specification introduced License Expressions that supports the ability to identify common variations of SPDX-identified licenses without the need to define each potential variation as a distinct license on the SPDX License List.

Are there exceptions to the with operator in SPDX?

SPDX has defined a list of license exceptions to use after the “WITH” operator. As a result, a number of licenses formerly included on the SPDX License List have been deprecated, and correct usage employs the License Expression syntax as of v2.0.