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Posted to dev@creadur.apache.org by Karanjeet Singh <ka...@usc.edu> on 2016/05/23 18:33:59 UTC

Some questions on Apache RAT

Hello,

I am working on project DRAT [1], started by my advisor Dr. Chris Mattmann,
which uses Apache RAT and runs distributedly. Can you help me with below
questions on Apache RAT:

(a) Does RAT check for License file in the top-level directory or it
assumes that each file should have a license header?

(b) Is there any documentation or a paper which explains RAT workflow and
how it audit for licenses?

(c) I am looking forward to contributing in Apache RAT. How can I do that?
I am not sure if anyone is working on some new features, etc.

[1]: https://github.com/chrismattmann/drat

Thanks & Regards,
Karanjeet Singh
USC
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Re: Some questions on Apache RAT

Posted by "P. Ottlinger" <po...@apache.org>.

Hi,

Am 23.05.2016 um 22:24 schrieb Karanjeet Singh:
> Can you point me to some documentation which explains how can I configure
> my own licenses?

feel free to have a look on my example pages:
https://github.com/ottlinger/creadur-rat-examples

I do hope it's what you are looking for.

Phil

Re: Some questions on Apache RAT

Posted by Karanjeet Singh <ka...@usc.edu>.

Thanks, Phil. I will wait outside the door for RAT v0.12. :-)

Can you point me to some documentation which explains how can I configure
my own licenses?

Regards,
Karanjeet Singh
USC

On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 12:45 PM, P. Ottlinger <po...@apache.org>
wrote:

> Hi Karanjeet,
>
> thanks for your interest in RAT :-)
>
> Am 23.05.2016 um 20:33 schrieb Karanjeet Singh:
> > (a) Does RAT check for License file in the top-level directory or it
> > assumes that each file should have a license header?
>
> The basic assumption is that each file needs to have a valid license
> header. All exceptions can be configured.
>
> Furthermore a basic "binary" detection is in place because RAT assumes
> only textfiles to contain license headers.
>
> Apart from that you may configure your own licenses and check for them.
>
> At the moment we are struggling to get 0.12 out of the door - afterwards
> we are happy to receive contributions of any kind as the tickets in Jira
> are rather old:
>
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__issues.apache.org_jira_browse_RAT_-3FselectedTab-3Dcom.atlassian.jira.jira-2Dprojects-2Dplugin-3Aissues-2Dpanel&d=DQICaQ&c=clK7kQUTWtAVEOVIgvi0NU5BOUHhpN0H8p7CSfnc_gI&r=u7neGGUaVmQKNSLUqJ9zpA&m=LIfGErmPbSE2541PpW7s2neJwSulxQqgdrYKbVTtoiM&s=qv8jkJE9JjGGUEOE_cf0tOpMKV0bYq9GJ_on_mjIEOA&e=
>
> Cheers,
> Phil
>

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Re: Some questions on Apache RAT

Posted by "P. Ottlinger" <po...@apache.org>.

Hi Karanjeet,

thanks for your interest in RAT :-)

Am 23.05.2016 um 20:33 schrieb Karanjeet Singh:
> (a) Does RAT check for License file in the top-level directory or it
> assumes that each file should have a license header?

The basic assumption is that each file needs to have a valid license
header. All exceptions can be configured.

Furthermore a basic "binary" detection is in place because RAT assumes
only textfiles to contain license headers.

Apart from that you may configure your own licenses and check for them.

At the moment we are struggling to get 0.12 out of the door - afterwards
we are happy to receive contributions of any kind as the tickets in Jira
are rather old:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RAT/?selectedTab=com.atlassian.jira.jira-projects-plugin:issues-panel

Cheers,
Phil