> -----Original Message----- > From: Marshall Schor [mailto:m...@schor.com] > Sent: Tuesday, 9 August 2011 6:20 AM > To: rat-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: ideas for automation > > We recently did an exercise whereby for some projects for which we > distribute binaries that include "dependencies", we looked inside the > dependency Jars being distributed to see if there was any unusual license > and notice (and other) files, and we found several; we then manually > merged these into the binary distribution's License and Notice files. > > We even found one where there was a "crypto notice" - which of course > required that we add a crypto notice (and update the > apache.org/licenses/exports page). > > Some kind of tooling that helps with this process would be a nice addition - > basically it has to open up dependent Jars that ship with a distribution and > see if finds anything "interesting" there. It would also be nice if it mostly > automatically merged the Licenses and Notices while eliminating duplicates.
Hi Marshall, thanks, I think if no-one replies soon, it's likely it isn't their itch 'currently' and best to open a RAT jira ticket so that these ideas don't get lost. Gav... > > -Marshall
