2 Replies Latest reply on Aug 20, 2012 4:20 AM by gavin_bonner

    Identifying software Licenses in code

    gavin_bonner

      Hi - New to the forum. From Ireland. Work as an IT analyst at the moment.

       

      I am trying to identify licenses of files used. For example:

       

      drools-analytics-4.0.7.jar

       

      I need to find description of this component, version, license(s)

       

      And its not specific to drools or jar files for that matter but these would be prominent from what I can see.

       

      Currently I am using google to find this information but it is not as straight forward as I had hoped.

       

      Anyone here have any experience in this field or suggestions for me

       

      Thanks,

      Gavin.

        • 1. Re: Identifying software Licenses in code
          peterj

          Licenses for JARs that ship with Jboss AS can be found in the docs/licenses directory. For JARs that are in your apps, your on your own though you cab often can find them in Maven Central () and licensing information might be there, or there might be license information within the file, or finally track down the download site - the license should be there.

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          • 2. Re: Identifying software Licenses in code
            gavin_bonner

            Peter - I think tracking down the download site is what I just need to do. Thanks for the help.