License Explorer

Details of all the License detections and clues including Matches as well as files in which they were detected can be viewed using the License Explorer.

Refer - License Detection Updates

License Navigation Pane

User can scroll through the licenses and select particular license to see detailed information in the License details pane. Licenses are divided into two sections: - License Detections - License Clues

User can search for a particular license using the search bar at the top. These sections’ height & navigation pane’s width can be adjusted as per convenience.

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License Details Pane

User can see detailed information of the license selected in the navigation pane. Title of details pane - License Expression Instances - No. of times license is detected Score - Clue’s confidence about the license (Shown only for clues)

Matches Table:

User can view the match details resulting the selected license :

  • Score

  • Matched length

  • Match Coverage

  • Matcher

  • Matched Text
    User can click on the text to view a diff of Matched & Rule text
    (Requires --license-references flag)

  • Rule - User can click on the Rule to open the rule used byScanCode Toolkit in browser

  • SPDX License expression

File Regions Table:

User can view the files in which selected license was detected:

  • Path - Path of file, User can click on it to view the specific file in TableView

  • Lines - Specific lines in the file at which license was detected

  • Detection origin - Type of file

View License details, go to & from file <-> license explorer

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View Matched Text diff

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Note

Refer the titlebar to see the name of the sample scan used in the screenshot. Sample scans: