Open Source License Checker 2.0 ReadMe

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Table of Contents:
  1. Introduction
  2. Supported Features
  3. Supported Licenses
  4. System Requirements
  5. Download and Installation
  6. How to use OSLC 2.0
  7. Bug Reports and Feedback

1. Introduction

Open Source License Checker 2.0 is a risk management tool for analyzing open source software licenses. It is developed in Java, and is platform independent.

Benefits:

This software is released under GPL 2.0 license

2. Supported Features

3. Supported Licenses


Licenses Long version Short version
Apache 1.0 Y N/A
Apache 1.1 Y N/A
Apache 2.0 Y Y
Artistic Y N/A
BSD Y N/A
CDDL 1.0 Y N/A
CPL 1.0 Y Y
Eclipse 1.0 Y N/A
GPL 2.0 Y Y
GPL Classpath License Y N/A
GPL 2.0 only N/A Y
IPL 1.0 Y N/A
LGPL 2.1 Y Y
MIT Y N/A
Mozilla Public License 1.0 Y Y
Mozilla Public License 1.1 Y Y
Microsoft Community License Y N/A
Microsoft Limited Community License Y N/A
Microsoft Permissive License Y N/A
Microsoft Reference License Y N/A
Nokos 1.0a Y Y
OSL 3.0 Y N/A
Perl Artistic License Y N/A
PHP 3.0 Y Y
Sleepycat Y Y
Sleepycat-bdb Y N/A
Sleepycat-bdbje Y N/A
Sleepycat-bdbxml Y N/A

4. System Requirements

Minimum requirements: JRE version 1.5 or above for all platforms

Note: make sure you have the correct Java runtime environment to start the application:

  • Open the command line prompt
  • Input "java -version" and verify that your JRE version is 1.5 or above. Please download a newer version of JRE if needed.

5. Download and Installation

Please download the latest Open Source License Checker application from http://sourceforge.net/projects/oslc/

Unpack the downloaded package. For starting the application see OSLC 2.0 User Manual. The application works on all platforms.

6. How to use OSLC 2.0

See OSLC 2.0 User Manual

7. Bug Reports and Feedback

Bugs and feedback can be reported to us in sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/oslc/