Viewing Details About the Licenses Associated with Project Inventory

Code Insight 2021 R1

You can view more details about the licenses associated with the OSS or third-party component on which the current inventory item is based. This information is pulled from the Code data library and is displayed on the License Details window, which includes the following:

• A General Information tab that lists details such as the name of the license, its family, and the license priority assigned by Code Insight.
• A License Text tab that displays the complete license text (representing the external forge license text).

While the forge license text is what is likely to be used by the component, the scan might have found actual license text associated with this component in your codebase that can be different from the forge version. To view the exact license text, if any, that the scan discovered and to prepare the final license text, when necessary, to include in the Notices report for distribution to customers, navigate to the Notices Text tab. Refer to Finalizing the Notices Text for the Notices Report for more information.

The following procedure describes how to access the License Details window from the Component Details tab on the Project Inventory tab.

Note:This window is also accessible when create or edit an inventory item or perform a Component Lookup from the Project Inventory tab.

To view details for the inventory license, do the following:

1. Open the Project Inventory tab for the desired project (see Displaying Project Inventory).
2. Select a published inventory item from the Inventory Items list.
3. Do either:
• For a component-based inventory item, click the Component Details tab. Then click information icon () next to the Selected License value (the license currently associated with the component) or the Possible Licenses (other valid license candidates with which you could associate the inventory item).
• For a License Only inventory item, click the License Details tab, and then click the information icon () next to the license name.

The License Details window appears with the General Information tab in focus. For descriptions of these fields on this tab, see License Details Window. Also see License Priority for background on how the license priority is used.

4. Select the License Text tab to view the license text.
5. When you have finished examining the license details, click Close.