Custom License Properties

The following describes the fields on the Create (or Edit) Custom License window used to define a custom license.

Fields to Define a Custom License

Component Field

Description

Name

(Required) The full name of the license (for example, The Rose License 1.5).

Short Name

(Required) A unique shorthand representation of the license. This is usually the license SPDX short identifier (for example, Rose-1.5).

Family

A license category that spans multiple license instances (for example, MIT, Public Domain, BSD-3 Clause, and others). The family designation is helpful to a legal reviewer to understand the “type” of license prior to investing the time to analyze the complete license text.

URL

(Required) The URL used to access the license on the Internet. This value should start with http:// or https://.

Priority

The level of importance in investigating this license in terms of its possible business impact on your organization. The higher the level, the greater need to investigate the license:

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P1—Viral, strong copyleft license (requires immediate attention).

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P2—Weak copyleft or commercial or uncommon license (requires legal review).

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P3—Permissive or public domain license (generally allowed because of its minimal business impact). This is the default if no priority is specified.

For details about each priority level, see Auditing Scan Results in the Analysis Workbench .

Description

Meaningful information about the license for your reference.

License Text

(Required) The complete text of the license. Be sure to encode any HTML characters.