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Highly Reusable Software

By activity
Professions, Sciences, Humanities, Business, ...

User Interface
Text-based, GUI, Audio, Video, Keyboards, Mouse, Images,...

Text Strings
Conversions, tests, processing, manipulation,...

Math
Integer, Floating point, Matrix, Statistics, Boolean, ...

Processing
Algorithms, Memory, Process control, Debugging, ...

Stored Data
Data storage, Integrity, Encryption, Compression, ...

Communications
Networks, protocols, Interprocess, Remote, Client Server, ...

Hard World
Timing, Calendar and Clock, Audio, Video, Printer, Controls...

File System
Management, Filtering, File & Directory access, Viewers, ...

LIDESC User Documentation

These pages describe the features and use of the command line version of LIDESC.

Starting to use the License Awareness System
System Requirements
Obtaining and Compiling the LIDESC utility
Obtaining existing license description files
Creating license stamps for files
Reporting the licenses which cover files


Compatibility Tests
Marking licenses as locally unapproved
Reporting when incompatible licenses are used
Reporting if a license is GPL compatible
Reporting if a license is free software according to the FSF
Reporting if a license is open source software according to the Open Source Definition
Reporting if a license is closed-source compatible


Advanced Uses
Using certified license description files
Creating a license description file

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Librock LIDESC. Software License Analyzer and Compatibility Reporter
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