2017-05-04¶

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Guest Presentation- Philippe¶

ScanCode
Open source project
Tool to enable developers to find the license and origin of components they are using
Features
Accurate
- Scanned Linux kernel and results were superior to two other tools that were tested
Handles source and binaries
Well tested and community maintained
Easy to improve license detection
How it works
Input: Simple test files
Performs a diff against a large number of licenses and mentions
Handles packages via package manager.
Uses natural language parser for copyrights
Output in SPDX (or JSON)
Two pieces ScanCode Toolkit and Code Manager
Other projects in code.org

Restarted discussions about feature needs for next release
Looking at:
- Philippe’s results
- Debian
- Other testing results
Wiki page has ideas for next release or two
- Feel free to add there or via email
Also looking at putting together a test suite
Set of packages
Results to be compared
Google SoC
Select three proposals
Students being notified about now
Next steps
- Community bonding
- Working with Students
- Will provide status

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