tilgovi commented on a change in pull request #66: Improve licensing URL: https://github.com/apache/incubator-annotator/pull/66#discussion_r399692996
########## File path: README.md ########## @@ -55,6 +55,17 @@ $ yarn start Once the test server has started, you can browse a local demo, and run tests in a browser by visiting `http://localhost:8080/`. +##### Validate Licensing + +[Apache Rat (Release Audit Tool)](https://creadur.apache.org/rat/) is a +preferred code license checking tool used by [the ASF](https://apache.org/). +The included `.ratignore` file contains a list of files to exclude from scans. + +To check for included licenses, run the following and view the output report: +```sh +java -jar ~/bin/apache-rat-0.13/apache-rat-0.13.jar -E .ratignore -d . > rat_report.txt +``` + Review comment: What do you think about moving this later in the README? Some users may care, but I would guess most would not need to see this first. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: us...@infra.apache.org With regards, Apache Git Services
