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= Google Summer of Code Project Ideas =
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A key enabler to adoption of any open source software package is the easy communication and understanding of the open source license requirements (a.k.a. compliance).
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<span style="font-size:150%">'''Welcome to the 2022 SPDX Google Summer of Code Project Page'''</span>
  
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The software package data exchange (SPDX) is a Linux Foundation organization intended to develop and promote adoption of a specification. SPDX helps to enable any party in a software supply chain, from the original author to the final end user, to accurately communicate the licensing information for any piece of copyrightable material. SPDX supports practices such that any party may create, alter, combine, pass on, or receive license information available in a consistent, understandable, and re-usable fashion, with the aim of facilitating open source compliance.
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See the [https://rtgdk.github.io/spdx-gsoc-proposal.html proposal template] if you are interested in submitting a Google Summer of Code proposal.
  
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Contributing to one of the SPDX projects below will provide a valuable contribution to developers and/or users of open source software.
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Should you have questions please do not hesitate to contact one of the mentors directly.
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__TOC__
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<br />
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== What is SPDX ? ==
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First and foremost we are a community dedicated to solving the issues and problems around Open Source licensing and compliance. The SPDX work group (part of the Linux Foundation) consists of individuals, community members, and representatives from companies, foundations and organizations who use or are considering using the SPDX standard. The work group operates much like a meritocratic, consensus-based community project; that is, anyone with an interest in the project can join the community, contribute to the specification, and participate in the decision-making process. We come from many different backgrounds including open source developers, lawyers, consultants and business professionals, many of who have been involved with license compliance and identification for years.
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As part of this effort we have developed a set of collateral that can be used:
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* [https://spdx.org/using-spdx License List and Short Identifiers]
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* [https://spdx.org/using-spdx SPDX Specification for generating SPDX Documents in multiple formats]
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* [https://spdx.org/tools A set of basic tools for working with SPDX Documents]
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* [https://spdx.org/using-spdx License Identifiers in source]
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== Why choose an SPDX Project? ==
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Contributing to one of the SPDX projects below will provide a valuable contribution to developers and/or users of open source software. We believe you will find the projects both technically challenging and rewarding. In essence we believe you will be able to look back one day and I say I was part of that effort.
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<br/>
  
 
= Getting Involved =
 
= Getting Involved =
  
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We highly encourage students who select one of these projects to get involved with the SPDX community via our technical working group.
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Beyond working with your mentor(s) we highly encourage students who select one of these projects to get involved with the SPDX community via our technical working group. Interaction with the technical team is primarily done via its mailing list and on gitter (see resources). There is however a weekly call you could join as well. .
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== Resources ==
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* [http://spdx.org SPDX website]
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* [https://spdx.org/specifications SPDX Specification]
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* [https://spdx.org/tools SPDX Workgroup Tools webpage]
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* [https://lists.spdx.org/mailman/listinfo/spdx-tech SPDX tech mailing list]
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= Ideas for 2022 Projects =
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== SBOM Conformance Checker ==
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The goal of this project is to create a simple tool that
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checks whether an SBOM (in SPDX format)
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conforms to NTIA's minimum elements guidance.
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=== Description ===
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The SPDX Specification defines a number of fields (elements) that may appear in an SBOM (Software Bill of Materials).
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Not all of them are mandatory, however, so SBOMs in SPDX format can vary greatly.
 +
 
 +
While researching the attributes that have to be present in an SBOM,
 +
NTIA came up with a guidance about the minimum elements that must appear therein:
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https://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/sbom_minimum_elements_report.pdf
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It would, therefore, be useful to have a tool that can determine whether an SBOM stored in SPDX format
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fulfills all such minimum obligations.
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The tool should make use of the already existing libraries for reading SPDX documents
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=== Technologies ===
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Python
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=== Duration ===
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This will be a short (175 hours) project.
 +
It might be extended to a long (350 hours) project if integration
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with the existing SPDX handling tools (e.g., the Validation tool)
 +
is also implemented.
 +
=== Mentors ===
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Dick Brooks, Kate Stewart
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== Private license management system ==
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A web-based system for managing license texts; similar to the SPDX License List but oriented towards other private collections of licenses.
 +
=== Description ===
 +
The goal of the project would be to create a simple web application
 +
for people to upload license texts
 +
and automatically create a license repository.
 +
The initial rough "functional specifications" describe it as
 +
mainly an input form, where the information is entered.
 +
There will be some automatic processing (e.g., canonicalization, duplicate avoidance, etc.),
 +
a review/approval (and naming) step,
 +
and then publishing in a specified format.
 +
 
 +
It should be noted that the specification is not yet finalized
 +
regarding naming namespaces, way to publish licenses, etc.
 +
If the SPDX project has already advanced in these definitions,
 +
this project will obviously implement the decisions taken.
 +
=== Technologies ===
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Python (any framework) for the back-end; JavaScript (any framework) for the minimal front-end.
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=== Duration ===
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This can be either a short (175 hours) project, implementing only the basic functionality;
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or a long (350 hours) one, implementing more functionality and automation.
 +
=== Mentors ===
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Alexios Zavras; more TBD
 +
 
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== SBOM combiner ==
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The project will result in a simple command-line tool that will be able to “combine” information from a number of SBOMs into a comprehensive SBOM that includes all the information of the provided ones.
 +
An actual use case would be the generation of an SBOM for an actual software delivery that is comprised by a number of components, each one of which has its own correct SBOM.
 +
=== Description ===
 +
The primary purpose of this tool would be
 +
to stitch together smaller component-level SPDX documents
 +
and amalgamate them into one top-level SPDX document
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representing a "sum of parts" piece of software.
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As an initial pass for implementation, the component-level SBOMs would have to be provided by the caller
 +
until the tool was advanced enough to fetch SPDX Documents referenced by ExternalDocumenRef reliably.
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=== Technologies ===
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Python (preferably); or Go.
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=== Duration ===
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This will be a short (175 hours) project.
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=== Mentors ===
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Rose Judge; others TBD
 +
 
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== Update of Java SPDX libraries to handle latest spec ==
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=== Description ===
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The SPDX Project maintains a library, written in Java, for working with SPDX data.
 +
The development of the library does not always follow the development of the specification immediately.
 +
Since the specification has evolved
 +
and a newer version is expected to be published
 +
right before the timeframe of the project,
 +
it would be useful to have the standard Java libraries
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capable of handling the latest spec.
 +
 
 +
The project will involve obviously understanding deeply
 +
the existing libraries
 +
and extending them to handle the latest additions
 +
of the specification (to the point of the published version).
 +
=== Technologies ===
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Java; see https://github.com/spdx/Spdx-Java-Library
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=== Duration ===
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This will be a short (175 hours) project.
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=== Mentors ===
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TBD
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== Update of Go SPDX libraries to handle latest spec ==
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=== Description ===
 +
The SPDX Project maintains a library, written in Go, for working with SPDX data.
 +
The development of the library does not always follow the development of the specification immediately.
 +
Since the specification has evolved
 +
and a newer version is expected to be published
 +
right before the timeframe of the project,
 +
it would be useful to have the standard Go libraries
 +
capable of handling the latest spec.
 +
 
 +
The project will involve obviously understanding deeply
 +
the existing libraries
 +
and extending them to handle the latest additions
 +
of the specification (to the point of the published version).
 +
=== Technologies ===
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Go; see https://github.com/spdx/tools-golang
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=== Duration ===
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This will be a short (175 hours) project.
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=== Mentors ===
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TBD
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== SPDX Golang RDF Saver ==
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=== Description ===
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SPDX already has a Golang library to save RDF triples into a file/string
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using the gordf project: https://github.com/spdx/gordf
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The aim of this GSoC project would be to write an adapter in the
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SPDX Golang Tools (the tools-golang repository at https://github.com/spdx/tools-golang) that
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would take an SPDX Document struct (see https://github.com/spdx/tools-golang/blob/main/spdx/document.go) as
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an input, and serialize it and its child elements into RDF triples to be consumed by the
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aforementioned gordf rdf-writer.
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=== Technologies ===
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Golang; RDF
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=== Duration ===
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This will be a short (175 hours) project. If the project requires less than 175 hours, remaining time can be spent on
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additional improvements to the Golang tools.
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=== Mentors ===
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Rishabh Bhatnagar; Steve Winslow as secondary / backup
  
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To learn more about the technical specifications and current work in progress, join the [https://lists.spdx.org/mailman/listinfo/spdx-tech SPDX tech mailing list], visit the [http://spdx.org SPDX website] and visit the [[http//wiki.spdx.org|SPDX wiki]].
 
  
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The SPDX organization provides and maintains Open Source tooling for users of the SPDX specification. The current set of open source tools are described on the [http://spdx.org/spdx-tools/tools-from-the-spdx-workgroup SPDX Workgroup Tools webpage].
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== Update of Python SPDX libraries to handle latest spec ==
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=== Description ===
 +
The SPDX Project maintains a library, written in Python, for working with SPDX data.
 +
The development of the library does not always follow the development of the specification immediately.
 +
Since the specification has evolved
 +
and a newer version is expected to be published
 +
right before the timeframe of the project,
 +
it would be useful to have the standard Python libraries
 +
capable of handling the latest spec.
  
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The project will involve obviously understanding deeply
 +
the existing libraries
 +
and extending them to handle the latest additions
 +
of the specification (to the point of the published version).
 +
=== Technologies ===
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Python; see https://github.com/spdx/tools-python
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=== Duration ===
 +
This will be a short (175 hours) project.
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=== Mentors ===
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TBD
  
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= 2017 Projects =
 
  
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==SPDX Workgroup Tooling Projects==
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== More to come... ==
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These projects are aimed at contributing to the SPDX tools to help reduce the effort to create SPDX and increase the accuracy of the SPDX documents.
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Mentors:  please fill out the following template for any projects you wish to propose.  
  
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===Update Parser Libraries to SPDX 2.0===
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=== Project Name ===
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Update one of the SPDX language libraries to the SPDX 2.0 specification. The SPDX 2.0 specification is a major upgrade from SPDX 1.2 supporting relationships between SPDX documents and SPDX elements.
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add overview of project here
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====Skills Needed====
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  ====Skills Needed====
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* Development skills in the language of choice
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what skills should the student have to do the coding exercises
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* Experience with parser development
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====Duration===
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* Understanding of RDF and XML
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whether this is a short or a long project
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====Background Information====
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====Background Information====
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SPDX currently provides libraries supporting the reading and writing of SPDX document. Currently, only Java libraries support the new SPDX 2.0 specification.  The Python and GO libraries support version 1.2 of the spec. The libraries must support both RDF/XML import/export as well as tag/value import/export.  The [[git.spdx.org|SPDX git repository]] SPDX Tools project contains the source code for the libraries.
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  context for the project and references to be studied
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====Available Mentors====
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  ====Available Mentors====
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[mailto:gary@sourceauditor.com Gary O'Neall]
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list individuals who are willing to mentor and provide information about the project proposal.
  
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===Online Validation Tools===
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= Historical info =
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Create a web accessible tool for validating SPDX documents.
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====Skills Needed====
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* Software development skills for Web based applications
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* Good user interface design skills
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====Background Information====
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An online form which allows the uploading, parsing, and validation of SPDX would provide immediate benefit to the SPDX community.  There is no specific programming language requirement, but there is an existing Java library which could be used in the project.  Some of the technical challenges for this project include having to handle long running operations and implementing a very robust parser implementation able to handle any input. Additional online tools could also be added, such as document format conversion and reporting/pretty printing.
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====Available Mentors====
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[mailto:gary@sourceauditor.com Gary O'Neall]
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===Source Code License Identifier Parser===
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[[GSOC/PastProjectIdeas]]
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Create a tool which will parse source code and create an SPDX document based on SPDX standard license identifiers found in the source code.
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====Skills Needed====
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* Experience developing parser/scanners
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* Understanding of various programming languages
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* Java development experience a plus
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====Background Information====
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There is a proposal to add [[Technical_Team/SPDX_Meta_Tags|Meta Tags]] in source code comments.  Once these license ID's have been produced, this tool could scan the source code for the meta tags and create the appropriate SPDX document.  There is no language requirement, however there are existing Java libraries which could help build the SPDX document.
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====Available Mentors====
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[mailto:gary@sourceauditor.com Gary O'Neall]
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Latest revision as of 17:36, 31 March 2022


Welcome to the 2022 SPDX Google Summer of Code Project Page

See the proposal template if you are interested in submitting a Google Summer of Code proposal.

Should you have questions please do not hesitate to contact one of the mentors directly.



What is SPDX ?

First and foremost we are a community dedicated to solving the issues and problems around Open Source licensing and compliance. The SPDX work group (part of the Linux Foundation) consists of individuals, community members, and representatives from companies, foundations and organizations who use or are considering using the SPDX standard. The work group operates much like a meritocratic, consensus-based community project; that is, anyone with an interest in the project can join the community, contribute to the specification, and participate in the decision-making process. We come from many different backgrounds including open source developers, lawyers, consultants and business professionals, many of who have been involved with license compliance and identification for years.

As part of this effort we have developed a set of collateral that can be used:

Why choose an SPDX Project?

Contributing to one of the SPDX projects below will provide a valuable contribution to developers and/or users of open source software. We believe you will find the projects both technically challenging and rewarding. In essence we believe you will be able to look back one day and I say I was part of that effort.


Getting Involved

Beyond working with your mentor(s) we highly encourage students who select one of these projects to get involved with the SPDX community via our technical working group. Interaction with the technical team is primarily done via its mailing list and on gitter (see resources). There is however a weekly call you could join as well. .

Resources

Ideas for 2022 Projects

SBOM Conformance Checker

The goal of this project is to create a simple tool that checks whether an SBOM (in SPDX format) conforms to NTIA's minimum elements guidance.

Description

The SPDX Specification defines a number of fields (elements) that may appear in an SBOM (Software Bill of Materials). Not all of them are mandatory, however, so SBOMs in SPDX format can vary greatly.

While researching the attributes that have to be present in an SBOM, NTIA came up with a guidance about the minimum elements that must appear therein: https://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/sbom_minimum_elements_report.pdf

It would, therefore, be useful to have a tool that can determine whether an SBOM stored in SPDX format fulfills all such minimum obligations.

The tool should make use of the already existing libraries for reading SPDX documents

Technologies

Python

Duration

This will be a short (175 hours) project. It might be extended to a long (350 hours) project if integration with the existing SPDX handling tools (e.g., the Validation tool) is also implemented.

Mentors

Dick Brooks, Kate Stewart

Private license management system

A web-based system for managing license texts; similar to the SPDX License List but oriented towards other private collections of licenses.

Description

The goal of the project would be to create a simple web application for people to upload license texts and automatically create a license repository. The initial rough "functional specifications" describe it as mainly an input form, where the information is entered. There will be some automatic processing (e.g., canonicalization, duplicate avoidance, etc.), a review/approval (and naming) step, and then publishing in a specified format.

It should be noted that the specification is not yet finalized regarding naming namespaces, way to publish licenses, etc. If the SPDX project has already advanced in these definitions, this project will obviously implement the decisions taken.

Technologies

Python (any framework) for the back-end; JavaScript (any framework) for the minimal front-end.

Duration

This can be either a short (175 hours) project, implementing only the basic functionality; or a long (350 hours) one, implementing more functionality and automation.

Mentors

Alexios Zavras; more TBD

SBOM combiner

The project will result in a simple command-line tool that will be able to “combine” information from a number of SBOMs into a comprehensive SBOM that includes all the information of the provided ones. An actual use case would be the generation of an SBOM for an actual software delivery that is comprised by a number of components, each one of which has its own correct SBOM.

Description

The primary purpose of this tool would be to stitch together smaller component-level SPDX documents and amalgamate them into one top-level SPDX document representing a "sum of parts" piece of software. As an initial pass for implementation, the component-level SBOMs would have to be provided by the caller until the tool was advanced enough to fetch SPDX Documents referenced by ExternalDocumenRef reliably.

Technologies

Python (preferably); or Go.

Duration

This will be a short (175 hours) project.

Mentors

Rose Judge; others TBD

Update of Java SPDX libraries to handle latest spec

Description

The SPDX Project maintains a library, written in Java, for working with SPDX data. The development of the library does not always follow the development of the specification immediately. Since the specification has evolved and a newer version is expected to be published right before the timeframe of the project, it would be useful to have the standard Java libraries capable of handling the latest spec.

The project will involve obviously understanding deeply the existing libraries and extending them to handle the latest additions of the specification (to the point of the published version).

Technologies

Java; see https://github.com/spdx/Spdx-Java-Library

Duration

This will be a short (175 hours) project.

Mentors

TBD

Update of Go SPDX libraries to handle latest spec

Description

The SPDX Project maintains a library, written in Go, for working with SPDX data. The development of the library does not always follow the development of the specification immediately. Since the specification has evolved and a newer version is expected to be published right before the timeframe of the project, it would be useful to have the standard Go libraries capable of handling the latest spec.

The project will involve obviously understanding deeply the existing libraries and extending them to handle the latest additions of the specification (to the point of the published version).

Technologies

Go; see https://github.com/spdx/tools-golang

Duration

This will be a short (175 hours) project.

Mentors

TBD

SPDX Golang RDF Saver

Description

SPDX already has a Golang library to save RDF triples into a file/string using the gordf project: https://github.com/spdx/gordf

The aim of this GSoC project would be to write an adapter in the SPDX Golang Tools (the tools-golang repository at https://github.com/spdx/tools-golang) that would take an SPDX Document struct (see https://github.com/spdx/tools-golang/blob/main/spdx/document.go) as an input, and serialize it and its child elements into RDF triples to be consumed by the aforementioned gordf rdf-writer.

Technologies

Golang; RDF

Duration

This will be a short (175 hours) project. If the project requires less than 175 hours, remaining time can be spent on additional improvements to the Golang tools.

Mentors

Rishabh Bhatnagar; Steve Winslow as secondary / backup


Update of Python SPDX libraries to handle latest spec

Description

The SPDX Project maintains a library, written in Python, for working with SPDX data. The development of the library does not always follow the development of the specification immediately. Since the specification has evolved and a newer version is expected to be published right before the timeframe of the project, it would be useful to have the standard Python libraries capable of handling the latest spec.

The project will involve obviously understanding deeply the existing libraries and extending them to handle the latest additions of the specification (to the point of the published version).

Technologies

Python; see https://github.com/spdx/tools-python

Duration

This will be a short (175 hours) project.

Mentors

TBD


More to come...

Mentors: please fill out the following template for any projects you wish to propose. 

=== Project Name ===
add overview of project here
====Skills Needed====
what skills should the student have to do the coding exercises
====Duration===
whether this is a short or a long project
====Background Information====
context for the project and references to be studied
====Available Mentors====
list individuals who are willing to mentor and provide information about the project proposal.

Historical info

GSOC/PastProjectIdeas

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