Hi Andy, FOSSology looks for licensing in whatever text it is given. The search method does not vary based on file type. So, for example, the text of foo.c and foo.js are searched the same way. If it encounters an exact file match of a file it's analyzed before, it will not reanalyze but will use the license result from the prior analysis.
Are we understanding each other, yet? ;-) Mary From: Andy Holmes [mailto:ahol...@rollstream.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 4:09 PM To: Laser, Mary Subject: RE: Does fossology work on Ruby, Rails, and JS code? Hi Mary, Thanks for the quick reply. What I'm really wondering is, if I run FOSSology analysis on our Ruby on Rails and javascript code, would it report any licenses based on a known, current database of Ruby/RoR/javascript/etc files, or would it basically not find any licenses because Rails (or javascript) aren't the types of files that FOSSology or its database are intended to analyze. Did that clarify my question or make it even cloudier? Thanks! Andy From: Laser, Mary [mailto:mary.la...@hp.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 6:03 PM To: Andy Holmes; fossology@fossology.org Subject: RE: Does fossology work on Ruby, Rails, and JS code? Hi Andy, I think you're asking whether we've ever run FOSSology analysis on "the many javascript, ruby, or rails" code. Not specifically (AFAIK). However, if the code is embedded in some other code or included as part of a distro, it will get analyzed. Does that answer your question? Mary From: fossology-boun...@fossology.org [mailto:fossology-boun...@fossology.org] On Behalf Of Andy Holmes Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 10:13 AM To: fossology@fossology.org Subject: [FOSSology] Does fossology work on Ruby, Rails, and JS code? Hi, Just trying to determine whether there's a database in fossology that contains the many javascript, ruby, or rails license info. There's obviously a ton of FOSS in these areas, but they aren't yet typically the kinds of code to which big project licensing concerns would apply. Anyone have any info on the ability to search javascript or RoR code for licensing? Thanks, Andy
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