License types
Updated: 2024-12-18 SBOM Central
The permission "Create/update/destroy license types" is needed to change license type data i.e. edit Template text, activate Template, edit Information box text, etc.
A license type is a software license shared by multiple software components.
The purpose of the license type pages is to collect information about all types that are present in the development process to support automation of the license management workflow.
License type index page
Contains a list of all license types defined in SBOM Central.
Table description
| Heading | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | The explanatory license type name. |
| SPDX identifier | A standardized identifier defined by SPDX (external link). |
| Name patterns | License names that automatically will be assigned to this license type. |
| Template | A template text for the license type (expandable). |
| Approvals | Status for existing approvals -- blue icon: approved texts exists, grey icon indicates undecided exists, and red icon disapproved. |
Filter
| Filter by | Description |
|---|---|
| Search | Search the Name of a type. |
| Filter by text approval | Filter types approved/not approved |
Create button
Push the create button to open an empty pop-up editing window to create an new license type.
License type show page
Each license type has a show page:
Top box
| Box | Description |
|---|---|
| Status box | Displays the numbers of licenses to analyze and decide on. |
Information box
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| SPDX | The SPDX (external link) identifier. |
| Recommendation | Recommendation setting for use of software with this license type: Approve/For internal use only/Deny. |
| Permissiveness | Public domain/Permissive/Weak copyleft/Copyleft/Proprietary. |
| Name patterns | License names that automatically will be assigned to this license type. |
Buttons
- Edit (on top of information box)
- Delete, to delete the license type.
Edit button to open a pop-up window to edit template configurations and content:
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | The name of the license type |
| SPDX identifier | The SPDX (external link) identifier. |
| Name patterns | License names that automatically will be assigned to this license type. The selection box is editable. |
| Recommendation | Recommendation setting for use of software with this license type: Approve/For internal use only/Deny. |
| Permissiveness | Public domain/Permissive/Weak copyleft/Copyleft/Proprietary. |
| Use template | Activate the template. Opens a text field for adding template text. |
| Template | Template license text. |
Licenses
The Licenses tab contains a list of artifacts using this license type. Each artifact name includes a link to open the artifact show page.
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | A name for the license used by the artifact (individual per artifact). |
| Artifact | Artifact using this license type, including a link to the artifact show page. |
| Text | The unique license text included in the artifact or retrieved from a link (expandable). |
| Created at | Created date in SBOM Central |
| Updated at | Update date |
| Source | Sbom/Link/Manual, Source of license text. |
| Approval | Setting: text is Approved/Undecided/Not approved. |
| Ignore | Active when license is ignored by system. |
| Edit button | Push to edit license name, type, approval and ignore. |
Template text
The Template text tab contains:
- The template text area where a standard license type text can by viewed. This template text will be used when comparing any license text to this license type.
History
The History tab contains a list of changes performed for this license type.
