New license request: netcat variant

[armijnhemel]

License Name

netcat variant

License Homepage URL

Line 11:

https://github.com/mirror/busybox/blob/master/networking/nc_bloaty.c#L11

License Notes

Currently scancode only partially matches it:

    {
      "identifier": "netcat-c4c2ca92-ee5d-2229-6b4f-6aa88bad5832",
      "license_expression": "netcat",
      "license_expression_spdx": "LicenseRef-scancode-netcat",
      "detection_count": 1,
      "reference_matches": [
        {
          "license_expression": "netcat",
          "license_expression_spdx": "LicenseRef-scancode-netcat",
          "from_file": "busybox-1.34.1/networking/nc_bloaty.c",
          "start_line": 11,
          "end_line": 18,
          "matcher": "3-seq",
          "score": 96.0,
          "matched_length": 96,
          "match_coverage": 96.0,
          "rule_relevance": 100,
          "rule_identifier": "netcat.LICENSE",
          "rule_url": "https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit/tree/develop/src/licensedcode/data/licenses/netcat.LICENSE"
        }
      ]
    },

[hesa]

The difference is the email address are:

• some space and "*"
• "nc110-devel@lists.sourceforge.net" - https://github.com/aboutcode-org/scancode-toolkit/blob/develop/src/licensedcode/data/licenses/netcat.LICENSE
• "hobbit@avian.org" - https://github.com/mirror/busybox/blob/master/networking/nc_bloaty.c

So, I think adding the alternative email should suffice.

[armijnhemel]

The difference is the email address are:

* some space and "*"

These are filtered before matching, so that isn't important.

* "[nc110-devel@lists.sourceforge.net](mailto:nc110-devel@lists.sourceforge.net)" - https://github.com/aboutcode-org/scancode-toolkit/blob/develop/src/licensedcode/data/licenses/netcat.LICENSE

* "[hobbit@avian.org](mailto:hobbit@avian.org)" - https://github.com/mirror/busybox/blob/master/networking/nc_bloaty.c

So, I think adding the alternative email should suffice.

Possibly, but the question is how to do it neatly, so that the sequence matcher doesn't get triggered and instead it's the aho-corasick stuff.