License Details Window

The License Details window displays the details and license text as found in the Code Insight Data Library for a selected license. You can access this window by clicking the information icon displayed next to a license name. The window has the following fields.

License Details Window

Tab

Description

General Information tab

The attributes of the current license.

Id

The internal identification number generated for the license in the Code Insight Data Library.

 

Name

The name of the license, along with its short name (usually the SPDX short identifier) in parentheses.

Family

The family of licenses to which this license belongs, if applicable. The following are examples of family licenses: Apache, BSD, EPL, MIT, and MPL.

Priority

The priority ranking of the license as determined by Code Insight. For more information, see License Priority.

URL

The URL location where the license is available.

Description

A short description of the license.

External ID

The ID that corresponds to the license in an external system (such as your site’s license-tracking system). This mapping enables you to easily locate the license in the external system.

If the license is not mapped to an external ID, this field is blank.

Category

Currently not in use.

Policy

The Yes or No indicator specifying whether a Code Insight policy is defined for the license. (License policies are used to approve or reject inventory items when they are published.)

Custom License

The Yes or No indicator specifying whether this license was manually created in Code Insight.

Family License

The Yes or No indicator specifying whether this is a family license from which other OSS licenses are derived. The following are examples of family licenses: Apache, BSD, EPL, MIT, and MPL.

Commercial

Currently not in use.

Copyleft

Currently not in use.

Free Software License

The Yes or No indicator specifying whether the license is considered to be a free software license.

GPL V2 Compatible

The Yes or No indicator specifying whether the license is compatible with GPL v2.0.

Patent License Grant

Currently not in use.

License Text tab

The complete text of the selected license as stored in the Code Insight Data Library. This text represents the external forge license text.