Overview

JFrog Xray's License Management provides a comprehensive list of open-source licenses existing on the market, and provides an indication of which scanned artifacts use each license. Using Xray's License Management, you can also create custom licenses which you can assign to components at any time.

Viewing Licenses

The list of available licenses is available in the Admin module under Advanced | Manage Licenses.



Creating and Editing Licenses

Using Manage Licenses, you can create custom licenses which can then be assigned to components. To create a custom license, click New License.



License Name
The abbreviated license name.
License Full Name
The full license name.
Description
A description of the license
References
A list of fully qualified references to components that use this license.
Aliases

A list of aliases associated with the license. An alias needs to be unique and cannot be used more than once or across licenses.

The aliases will be scanned from version 2.10.0. If you want to add aliases to previous license versions, you need reindex the relevant artifacts or repository.

Editing or Adding Aliases to a License

You can add or edit aliases to a license in the Manage Licence page.

  1. Select the Alias in the license row in the Manage License page.
    The Manage License page opens.
  2. Update the alias list in the Manage Alias '<license_name>' .
  3. Click Save.