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--- faq [2016/09/09 14:45]
Michael Jaeger
+++ faq [2016/09/09 15:21] (current)
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''.
+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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-**What happens if some parts of the wording in the license are changed. Is the deviation not recognized, is it highlighted or listed as an unclassified license?**
+**What happens if some parts of the wording in the license are changed: Is the deviation not recognized, is it highlighted or listed as an unclassified license?**
-Yes, the deviation is recognized. Using coloured highlighting, the user ca see additions, removals and modifications from the reference license text in the database. An example is shown below.
+Yes, the deviation is recognized. Using colored highlighting, the user can see additions, removals and modifications from the reference license text in the database. In addition, it is shown how many percent of the tokens (=basically words) are equal when compared to the reference text. An example is shown below.
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