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GSOC/GSOC ProjectIdeas
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.
Contents
- 1 What is SPDX ?
- 2 Why choose an SPDX Project?
- 3 Getting Involved
- 4 Ideas for 2022 Projects
- 5 Historical info
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:
- License List and Short Identifiers
- SPDX Specification for generating SPDX Documents in multiple formats
- A set of basic tools for working with SPDX Documents
- License Identifiers in source
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 the minimum elements guidance from NTIA for an SBOM (https://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/sbom_minimum_elements_report.pdf).
Technologies
Python
Duration
This will probably be a short project. It might be extended to a long project if it's integrated with the existing SPDX handling tools (e.g., the Validation tool).
Mentors
Dick Brooks, Kate Stewart
Update of Java SPDX libraries to handle latest spec
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.
Technologies
Java; see https://github.com/spdx/Spdx-Java-Library
Duration
This will probably be a short project.
Mentors
TBD
Update of Go SPDX libraries to handle latest spec
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.
Technologies
Go; see https://github.com/spdx/tools-golang
Duration
This will probably be a short project.
Mentors
TBD
Update of Python SPDX libraries to handle latest spec
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.
Technologies
Python; see https://github.com/spdx/tools-python
Duration
This will probably be a short project.
Mentors
TBD
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.
Technologies
Python (any framework) for the back-end; JavaScript (any framework) for the minimal front-end.
Duration
This can be either a short project, implementing only the basic functionality; or a long one, extending the functionality and automation.
Mentors
Alexios Zavras; more TBD
More Information
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.
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.
Technologies
Python (preferably); or Go.
Duration
This will probably be a short 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.
