4.5.0 (Mar 18th 2025)

This release adds important corrections to 4.4.0

The release 4.5.0 introduces a number of corrections to 4.4.0 and changes to FOSSology, including:

• Support SPDX v3.0 Reports
  • SPDX3.0 report in JSON format.
  • SPDX3.0 report in JSON-LD format.
  • SPDX3.0 report in RDF format.
  • SPDX3.0 report in tag/value format.
• New Compatibility Agent with auto-conclusion feature using license_type
  • Users can create new license type from admin > customize
  • By default all the licenses are of type 'permissive'.
  • One can change license type by editing a license.
  • For importing OSADL compatibility matrix refer (documentation.)[https://github.com/fossology/fossology/blob/master/utils/OSADL_CONVERTOR.md]
  • Create/update compatibility rules from admin.
• JSON format export and import of licenses and obligations.
• Import licenses/Obligations from licenseDb.
• Multi upload reuse support.
• Improved ML based copyright false positive deactivation and clutter.
  • Execute fo-postinstall --python-experimental to install this feature.
• Number of API endpoints & test cases for existing features.

Credits to contributors for 4.5.0

From the GIT commit history, we have the following contributors since 4.4.0:

> abhi-kumar17871 <akumar17871@gmail.com>
> abhishekrj02 <abhishekbokaro442@gmail.com>
> Akash Kumar Sah <akashsah2003@gmail.com>
> Alberto Pianon <alberto@pianon.eu>
> Andreas Menzl <Andreas.Menzl@magna.com>
> Anupam Ghosh <anupam.ghosh@siemens.com>
> deo002 <oberoidearsh@gmail.com>
> Dinesh Ravi <dineshr93@gmail.com>
> Divij Sharma <divijs75@gmail.com>
> Florian Greinacher <florian@greinacher.de>
> Gaurav Mishra <mishra.gaurav@siemens.com>
> Grigory Balashov <g.balashov@omp.ru>
> Harshit Gandhi <gandhiharshit716@gmail.com>
> Hero2323 <abdelrahmanjamal5565@gmail.com>
> Ibrahim-Muhammad13 <ibrahimmuhammad13720@gmail.com>
> its-sushant <sushant.kumar@siemens-healthineers.com>
> Jan Altenberg <jan.altenberg@osadl.org>
> Jeronimo Ortiz <jeronimo.ortiz@scanoss.com>
> Kaushlendra Pratap Singh <kaushlendra-pratap.singh@siemens.com>
> martyone <martin.kampas@seafarix.com>
> Rajul Jha <rajuljha49@gmail.com>
> scanoss-qg <quique.goni@scanoss.com>
> Shaheem Azmal M MD <shaheem.azmal@gmail.com>
> Sourav Bhowmik <sourav.bhowmik@siemens.com>
> Sushant Kumar <sushant.kumar@siemens-healthineers.com>
> valens200 <valensniyonsenga2003@gmail.com>

Features

• 8a34040b8 feat(import): Import Obligations From LicenseDB

Corrections

• 551899e62 fix(db): check on drop view if exists
• f705e3e65 fix(docker): Runtime dependency not found for compatibility
• ed9403d28 fix(docker): add missing dependency

Infrastructure

• cd3ea88c0 chore(docker): Removed version from docker-compose.yml