Find component license information (including terms)

How to find licenses for components in a project.

How to find licenses for components in a project

After you run an SCA test, follow these steps:

Go to Portfolio, select an application, select a project, and open the Components tab.
Select a component.
In the bottom section of the page, select the Licenses tab.

From this tab, you can:
- Change the license.
  1. Click Change.
    Note: The Change button only appears when more than one licensing option is available (when one license/group of licenses OR a different license/group of licenses is available for the component).
  2. Select the best license for the use case from the Select a License pulldown menu.
    Note: Click the x button in the pulldown menu to reset the selection.
  3. Click Save.
    This change is for all the branches included in the project.
- If two or more licenses are available for the component, you can see the different terms for each license by clicking on the box with the license's name.
- Review Terms definitions and obligations, categorized as Required, Forbidden, and Permitted.
Note: Changes to license terms in the Black Duck KnowledgeBase™ are automatically synchronized with Polaris. See for more information. Another SCA test is not required.

After you run an SCA test, follow these steps:

Go to Portfolio, select an application, select a project, and open the Licenses tab.

From this tab, you can:

Click the filter icon to open and close the filter panel. Filter a project's licenses by License (name) and/or License Family.
View the list of your project's applicable licenses, the number of components each license applies to, and each license's family (Permissive, Restrictive Third Party Proprietary, Reciprocal, etc.).
Click on a license's name to view License Details, including a list of components that use the license.