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General Meeting/Minutes/2017-05-04

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Guest Presentation- Philippe[edit]

ScanCode
- Open source project
- Tool to enable developers to find the license and origin of components they are using
Features
- Accurate
  - Scanned Linux kernel and results were superior to two other tools that were tested
- Handles source and binaries
- Well tested and community maintained
- Easy to improve license detection
How it works
- Input: Simple test files
- Performs a diff against a large number of licenses and mentions
- Handles packages via package manager.
- Uses natural language parser for copyrights
- Output in SPDX (or JSON)
Two pieces ScanCode Toolkit and Code Manager
Other projects in code.org

Tech Team Report - Kate/Gary[edit]

Restarted discussions about feature needs for next release
- Looking at:
  - Philippe’s results
  - Debian
  - Other testing results
- Wiki page has ideas for next release or two
  - Feel free to add there or via email
Also looking at putting together a test suite
- Set of packages
- Results to be compared
Google SoC
- Select three proposals
- Students being notified about now
- Next steps
  - Community bonding
  - Working with Students
  - Will provide status

Outreach Team Report - Jack[edit]

Working on Umbrella project
- A wrapper around all the repositories for tools
Discussion of a tool certification project
- Aiming to have done in Q1 18 timeframe
- Initial testing at LinuxCon Europe. Prague in Oct
Call for Papers this week for NA LinuxCon, LA in August

Legal Team Report - Jilayne[edit]

Down to 24 licenses to review
Proposal for how to handle non-English licenses
- Have handled some ad hoc
- Need a broader policy
- Will have implications for license matching guidelines

Attendees[edit]

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