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faq [2016/09/09 14:45]
Michael Jaeger
faq [2016/09/09 15:03]
Michael Jaeger
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-**Is a license ​text or license information ​about commercial licenses, ​not known licenses, ​etc, transferred ​in the SPDX file in case of an export?**+**Assume ​license ​texts or commercial ​license information not being part of the FOSSology ​licenses, ​will they appear ​in the reporting or SPDX file export?**
  
-Yes, such information will be put in an SPDX report. The user must select the referring license text. The user can attach this to the file as individual conclusion. Or, the user creates a new license text entry, if the license text is covering multiple files. In both cases, this license text is part of the export.+Generally, the search for licenses is not limited to known licenses but license relevant text. The scan results just in an ''​unknown license''​. 
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 +And yes, such information will be put in an SPDX report. The user must select the referring license text. The user can attach this to the file as individual conclusion. Or, the user creates a new license text entry, if the license text is covering multiple files. In both cases, this license text is part of the export.
  
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faq.txt · Last modified: 2016/09/09 15:21 by Michael Jaeger