Managing copyrights

Users with the Copyright Editor role can manage open source copyright statements for their organization. Using this feature makes it easier for you to include the full list of copyright holders for the open source components you use in your notices file report.

Users with the Copyright Editor role can:

  • View all copyright statements for a component version.

  • Create or edit custom copyright statements.

  • Edit Black Duck KnowledgeBase copyright statements

  • Revert an edited Black Duck KnowledgeBase copyright statement to its original text.

  • Activate or deactivate copyright statements.

Black Duck manages copyright statements by the origin name/id for a component version. Therefore, edits made to copyright statements for an origin for a component version apply to all BOMs that use that component version origin. This enables you to reuse data across your organization and reduce your workload.

To manage copyright statements in Black Duck:

  1. Review the existing Black Duck KnowledgeBase copyright statements.

  2. If necessary, edit the existing KnowledgeBase copyright statements and/or create custom copyright statements.

  3. Deactivate any copyright statements that do not apply.

  4. Create the Notices file report and select the Copyright Data option to include copyright statements in your report.

Viewing and managing copyright statements

To view and manage the copyright statements, do one of the following:

  • In the project version BOM, click Down arrow in the row of the component version you wish to view copyright statements and select Copyrights.

    The component version Copyrights tab appears filtered to display the copyright statements for the origin used in your BOM.


    Copyrights tab

    Note if a component version is not defined in the BOM (as shown by (Question Mark icon) for the version), the Copyrights option is not available.

  • Select to view an open source component version and select the Copyrights tab.


    Copyrights tab

    The page is unfiltered and lists all origins for this component version.

    Select an origin to view the copyright statements for that origin.

    Use the component origin name and ID filters to limit the origins displayed on the page.

For each copyright statement, the following information appears:

Column Description
Copyrights Copyright text.
Source

Source for this copyright statement. Possible values are:

  • KB. An unmodified, active copyright statement from Black Duck KnowledgeBase.

  • KB Modfied. A copyright statement from Black Duck KnowledgeBase that has been edited, deactivated, or reactivated.

  • Custom. Copyright statement created by a user with the Copyright Editor role.
Active

One of the following icons appears:

  • Active copyright statement which will appear in your Notices File report.

  • Inactive copyright statement which will not appear in your Notices File report.
Last Updated

One of the following appears:

  • Never indicates that the statement from Black Duck KnowledgeBase has never been modified.

  • Date and username.

    • For Black Duck KnowledgeBase copyright statements, the date when this copyright statement was modified and the responsible user. A date and username also appears for Black Duck KnowledgeBase copyright statements that have been deactivated or reverted back to their original text.

    • For custom copyright statements, the date when this statement was either created or last edited and the responsible user.

Creating custom copyright statements

To create a custom copyright statement:

  1. As copyright statements are based by component origin, select the origin for this copyright statement from the Component Origins section.

  2. Click Create. The Create Copyright dialog box appears.


    Create Copyrigth dialog box

  3. Enter the copyright text and click Save.

Copyright statements are active by default. See below to deactivate this statement.

Editing custom copyright statements

To edit a custom copyright statement:

  1. In the row of the copyright statement you want to edit, select Down arrow and select Edit.

    The Edit Copyright dialog box appears.


    Edit Copyright dialog box

  2. Edit the text and/or select or clear the Active option and click Save.

Deactivating copyright statements

By default, all copyright statements are active.

To deactivate a copyright statement:

  1. Do one of the following:

    • Click Down arrow in the row of the copyright statement you wish to deactivate and select Deactivate.

    • Select one or more checkboxes located to the left of the copyright statement and click Deactivate.

    You can also deactivate a copyright statement when editing it.

Activating copyright statements

To activate copyright statements:

  1. Do one of the following:

    • Click Down arrow in the row of the copyright statement you wish to activate and select Activate.

    • Select one or more checkboxes located to the left of the copyright statement and click Activate.

    You can also activate a copyright statement when editing it.

Editing KnowledgeBase copyright statements

You can modify an existing Black Duck KnowledgeBase copyright statement.

To edit a KnowledgeBase copyright statement:

  1. Click Down arrow in the row of the copyright statement you wish to edit and select Edit.


    Edit Copyright dialog box

    If this is the initial attempt to edit a KnowledgeBase copyright statement, the option to revert to the original text is not available.

  2. Edit the text and/or clear or select the Active option and click Save.

Reverting KnowledgeBase copyright statements

If you edited a KnowledgeBase copyright statement, you can revert to the original text of the KnowledgeBase copyright statement.

To revert a KnowledgeBase copyright statement:

  1. Click Down arrow in the row of the copyright statement you wish to edit and select Edit.

    The dialog box displays the edited text and the original copyright text from the KnowledgeBase.


    Edit Copyright dialog box
    Note: Reverted text may include poorly formatted and extraneous text not shown in the original copyright statement, which was edited to make it more readable.

  2. Click Revert to Original.

  3. Click Save.

Updating KnowledgeBase copyright statements

The Black Duck KnowledgeBase may have updated copyright information.

You can refresh the copyright statements for a component origin: if there is new or updated data, Black Duck updates the information shown while keeping any edits that you made.

To update KnowledgeBase copyright statements for an origin:

  1. Open the Copyrights tab, as described previously.

  2. Select a component origin.

  3. Click Refresh.