[FOSSology] NOMOS - how to find differences compared to license templates?
Dear all, FOSSology is a great tool to identify license texts in source code. The - now deprecated - bSAM algorithm allows to analyze the differences between license templates and the actual license texts in source code files. I couldn't find the corresponding functionality using the NOMOS agent. How can I find additions or deletions in the source code license texts compared to the stored license templates using NOMOS? For example, if there is an additional not included in legally critical places? As stated on your how to interpret site under Percent of Match, verification should be possible. Thank you and best regards Ivo Dabrowski ___ fossology mailing list fossology@fossology.org http://fossology.org/mailman/listinfo/fossology
Re: [FOSSology] NOMOS - how to find differences compared to license templates?
Hi Ivo, How can I find additions or deletions in the source code license texts compared to the stored license templates using NOMOS? For example, if there is an additional not included in legally critical places? As stated on your how to interpret site under Percent of Match, verification should be possible. You can't. Nomos does not use templates but short text strings from licenses. See http://www.fossology.org/nomos for further information. What could be done with nomos is similar approach as is used with copyright agent. With copyright agent you can view the identified text string location in the file. In rare cases that kind of feature would have helped when it has been unclear why nomos claimed the file to have f.ex. GPL license. (GPL reference text has been in the middle or end of the file). But that would not tell how the text in file differs from the reference license text. My experience is that nomos is working very well. Old bsam results are left in database so if you have doubt you can make comparison with bsam results and nomos results. Best regards Raino Thank you and best regards Ivo Dabrowski ___ fossology mailing list fossology@fossology.org http://fossology.org/mailman/listinfo/fossology ___ fossology mailing list fossology@fossology.org http://fossology.org/mailman/listinfo/fossology
Re: [FOSSology] NOMOS - how to find differences compared to license templates?
Thanks for answering this email Raino. You are right on the mark. Mary -Original Message- From: fossology-boun...@fossology.org [mailto:fossology- boun...@fossology.org] On Behalf Of Raino Lintulampi Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 5:25 AM To: Dabrowski, Ivo Cc: fossology@fossology.org Subject: Re: [FOSSology] NOMOS - how to find differences compared to license templates? Hi Ivo, How can I find additions or deletions in the source code license texts compared to the stored license templates using NOMOS? For example, if there is an additional not included in legally critical places? As stated on your how to interpret site under Percent of Match, verification should be possible. You can't. Nomos does not use templates but short text strings from licenses. See http://www.fossology.org/nomos for further information. What could be done with nomos is similar approach as is used with copyright agent. With copyright agent you can view the identified text string location in the file. In rare cases that kind of feature would have helped when it has been unclear why nomos claimed the file to have f.ex. GPL license. (GPL reference text has been in the middle or end of the file). But that would not tell how the text in file differs from the reference license text. My experience is that nomos is working very well. Old bsam results are left in database so if you have doubt you can make comparison with bsam results and nomos results. Best regards Raino Thank you and best regards Ivo Dabrowski ___ fossology mailing list fossology@fossology.org http://fossology.org/mailman/listinfo/fossology ___ fossology mailing list fossology@fossology.org http://fossology.org/mailman/listinfo/fossology ___ fossology mailing list fossology@fossology.org http://fossology.org/mailman/listinfo/fossology
