Robert Burrell Donkin created RAT-132:
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Summary: GSOC License Lexicon
Key: RAT-132
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RAT-132
Project: Apache Rat
Issue Type: Wish
Reporter: Robert Burrell Donkin
Apache Rat and Apache Whiskers are tools which help people to audit and
comprehend licenses within releases.
Both Rat and Whiskers lack both a comprehensive library and consistent
terminology for licenses: a license lexicon. Though this ticket is raised under
Rat, a successful GSOC would hopefully lead to the development of an
independent product.
This GSOC project would both compile a set of meta-data, plus perhaps support
libraries which could be reused both by these projects and more widely. Collate
comprehensive license meta-data, beginning with all OSI approved open source
licenses and working outwards to include other common binary only licenses.
This meta-data might include:
* descriptions of common source boilerplates
* generation and recognition templates
* consistent language, both machine and human readable
This is most suitable for students whose interests focus more in semantics than
coding. The scope and direction are negotiable.
For students interested in text parsing, this meta-data could be used to create
fast parsers. For students interested in technology law, the semantics could be
extend to include relationships between licenses. For students more interested
in informatics, there would be an opportunity to work on a comprehensive
collection. For all students, this is an opportunity to showcase communication
skills.
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