info.license

[Michael Shea-2]

Hi folks,

I am trying to automate the collection and use of license files in my
build process. eg, suppose I have project A which depends on the modules
apache/commons-lang and apache/commons-logging. I need to include both
of these licenses in project A somehow when I distribute it.

I've seen this:
http://ant.apache.org/ivy/history/latest-milestone/ivyfile/license.html

I'm now wondering how best to use it. Presumably, I should modify the
ivy.xml for all the modules that have licenses, and add in the <license>
tag as a first step =). Is there anything built in to Ivy to retrieve
the data from the specified URLs? Perhaps I need to write something to
parse the Ivy XML reports and retrieve all the licenses?

Alternatively, I have considered possibly doing this using <conf
name="license" description="License files"/>, and associating the
license files for each project with that configuration. That seems like
it'd be kind of irritating to implement though.

Anyone have any suggestions for me?

Thanks,


Mike.

[Archie Cobbs-3]

On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Michael Shea <mike@...> wrote:

> I've seen this:
> http://ant.apache.org/ivy/history/latest-milestone/ivyfile/license.html
>
> I'm now wondering how best to use it. Presumably, I should modify the
> ivy.xml for all the modules that have licenses, and add in the <license> tag
> as a first step =). Is there anything built in to Ivy to retrieve the data
> from the specified URLs? Perhaps I need to write something to parse the Ivy
> XML reports and retrieve all the licenses?
>
> Alternatively, I have considered possibly doing this using <conf
> name="license" description="License files"/>, and associating the license
> files for each project with that configuration. That seems like it'd be kind
> of irritating to implement though.
>

Seems like the simplest thing is the first idea: write a script (XSLT?) that
churns through the ivy report output, then retrieves all the license files.

-Archie

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Archie L. Cobbs

[Jan.Materne]

See also
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IVY-893

Jan

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Archie Cobbs [mailto:archie.cobbs@...]
> Gesendet: Freitag, 29. Januar 2010 21:47
> An: ivy-user@...
> Betreff: Re: info.license
>
> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Michael Shea <mike@...> wrote:
>
> > I've seen this:
> >
> http://ant.apache.org/ivy/history/latest-milestone/ivyfile/lic

ense.html

> >
> > I'm now wondering how best to use it. Presumably, I should
> modify the
> > ivy.xml for all the modules that have licenses, and add in
> the <license> tag
> > as a first step =). Is there anything built in to Ivy to
> retrieve the data
> > from the specified URLs? Perhaps I need to write something
> to parse the Ivy
> > XML reports and retrieve all the licenses?
> >
> > Alternatively, I have considered possibly doing this using <conf
> > name="license" description="License files"/>, and
> associating the license
> > files for each project with that configuration. That seems
> like it'd be kind
> > of irritating to implement though.
> >
>
> Seems like the simplest thing is the first idea: write a
> script (XSLT?) that
> churns through the ivy report output, then retrieves all the
> license files.
>
> -Archie
>
> --
> Archie L. Cobbs
>

[Eric Anderson-24]

The <description> tag allows for any arbitrary XML tags within it. I assume this is to let you type up HTML descriptions. We use this to include custom license tags for attribution and such.

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Palantir Technologies | Engineering Team Lead
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On Jan 31, 2010, at 9:53 PM, <Jan.Materne@...> <Jan.Materne@...> wrote:

See also
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IVY-893

Jan

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----

Von: Archie Cobbs [mailto:archie.cobbs@...]

Gesendet: Freitag, 29. Januar 2010 21:47

An: ivy-user@...

Betreff: Re: info.license

On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Michael Shea <mike@...> wrote:

I've seen this:

http://ant.apache.org/ivy/history/latest-milestone/ivyfile/lic

ense.html

I'm now wondering how best to use it. Presumably, I should

modify the

ivy.xml for all the modules that have licenses, and add in

the <license> tag

as a first step =). Is there anything built in to Ivy to

retrieve the data

from the specified URLs? Perhaps I need to write something

to parse the Ivy

XML reports and retrieve all the licenses?

Alternatively, I have considered possibly doing this using <conf

name="license" description="License files"/>, and

associating the license

files for each project with that configuration. That seems

like it'd be kind

of irritating to implement though.

Seems like the simplest thing is the first idea: write a

script (XSLT?) that

churns through the ivy report output, then retrieves all the

license files.

-Archie

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Archie L. Cobbs