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Do Bloop searches also include the license of the code it returns? For example, if a search returns code copied from a GPL 3 project, will it let users know the
by mehlmao 4y ago
Do Bloop searches also include the license of the code it returns? For example, if a search returns code copied from a GPL 3 project, will it let users know they need to comply with the GPL?
- samwillis 4y agoUnless I'm mistaken Bloop is about searching your own codebase, not public code. It would never bring back code that isn't already in your codebase.
- sitkack 4y agoBeing license aware is a good thing, lots of codebases uses many different licenses. I could also see this being useful for local code repos of open source code. I haven't looked, but it could be a combination of LXR (linux cross reference) project and an ML powered code understanding engine.
- louiskw 4y agoTracing the source of a result is one of the key advantages of code search vs generation. I think an easy way to read licenses from the snippet view is a good idea.