The new CAST Highlight Open Source License Rulebook automatically interprets the often complicated text of an open source component license and breaks it down into easy to understand legal requirements such as:
- What the license allows
- What the license does not allow
- What users of the component must do
- What additional properties exist in the license (if any)
This information is presented in an intuitive, color-coded screen viewable directly in the CAST Highlight user interface whenever viewing an open source component detected within an application that was analyzed by the product. When new licenses are detected, CAST Highlight automatically generates the new rulebook without any need for user intervention. CAST has also published a reference guide that aggregates the rulebooks of open source components into a single document, available as a free download.
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The latest CAST Highlight release introduces other new capabilities as well such as: auto-generated Software Bill of Materials exports in the CycloneDX format, copyright notice reporting for open-source components, automated email notifications for new security vulnerabilities, and much more.
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CAST Highlight Open Source Licensing Rulebook
The CAST Highlight Open Source License Rulebook enables users to easily understand legal requirements of OSS component licenses directly in the CAST Highlight UI including an intuitive summary of permissions and constraints along with the actual license text.
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